The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 483
es of art, produced at various dates down to the firstcentury a.d. Given good taste in the patron, Greek artists didnot cease to be capable of fine art. But every national virtue has its characteristic defect whichwill come to the surface as soon as the stimulus of nationalself-respect is removed.… … The Laocoon Group in its latter days. An industrious commercial race degeneratesinto sordid greed. That is why a loss of national pride is sucha serious loss in history. A characteristic virtue of the Greekswas, as we have seen, their supple facility of intellect, their264 EPILOGUE adaptability to…
Art, Greek
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
