Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 248
tings. The smallest apartmentswere lined with stucco, painted in the most brilliant and endlessvariety of colours, in compartments, simply tinted with a light 224 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY. ground, surrounded by an ornamental margin, and sometimesembellished with a single figure or subject in the… … with the ancients, and if ever introduced in a painting, was subor-dinate. The end and aim of painting among the ancients was torepresent and illustrate the myths of the gods, the deeds of heroes,and important historical events, hence giving all prominence to thedelineation of the human form.…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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