Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 249
s of the gods, the deeds of heroes,and important historical events, hence giving all prominence to thedelineation of the human form. Landscape, on the other hand,illustrated nothing, represented no important event deserving of PAINTING. 225 record, and was thus totally without significance in a… … PAINTING, POMPEII. principles of perspective; but they are rather indicated thanminutely expressed or accurately displayed; whereas in most in-stances a total want of the knowledge of this art is but too evident.Greek artists seem to have been employed: indeed native painterswere few, while the…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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