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Greek art and national life (1913)

Smith, S. C. Kaines (Solomon Charles Kaines) · London : James Nisbet · leaf 119

An illustration from Greek art and national life, 1913, leaf 119
follows this pair, sniffing withan air of profound suspicion at the ground, andadvancing with an Agag-like tread. On the rightthe nature of the scene is made clear. The captivebeasts, with tamed spirit, have been brought fromthe wild valleys to the cultivated farm. The bull onthe right advances… … r Q. Ou.(0 Q.DO o THE MYCENzEAN CIVILISATION 89 the first, wild confusion is expressed by the contortedattitude of the bull in the net, by the vigorouslydivergent lines of the bulls on either side movingrapidly away from the centre, and by the way inwhich even the natural continuity of their…

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