Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 289
Eomeit spread almost over the whole west of Europe; but at the time ofthe last emperors nothing remained except the mechanical part: the MATERIALS OF TEE ART. 255 genius and spirit of the art, the correctness of design and taste, thenobleness of expression, and even many of the practical… … venus marina. Sard. MATERIALS OF THE ART. The mechanical process of the glyptic art has not been describedin any work which has come down to us from ancient times ; a fewscanty remarks are found in Pliny. It is generally believed thatthe ancients used the same process as the moderns, in…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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