Mach, Edmund von, 1870-1927 · Boston : Ginn · leaf 108
r races wasrather intimate at times; Herodotos even made a sys-tematic study of the differences between the Greeksand the Egyptians. If he never had seen a coloredstatue at home he might be expected to mention, atleast, the different practice of the Egyptians; but heis silent on this point. Fourth,… … Venus Genetrix(Louvre) THE COLORING OF GREEK SCULPTURE 69 These considerations naturally raise grave doubts asto the generally accepted absence of color on Greekmarbles, especially since the advocates of the purity ofform in ancient times have advanced no better argu-ment than that to the modern…
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