History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1906)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 136
1 In one tier is represented a luxurious feast, in another a boar-hunt in a wood — the wood being indicated by a few sparse trees (Fig. 26)..The conflict between the native art and the invading genius of Greece isthought to be especially exemplified in these works. (4). The Grotta delCorsodelle… … Fig. 26. The chariots are drawn by pairs of horses of which the colours are blue orgreen, and red; the drawing is remarkably free; and the draughtsman seemsto have deliberately adopted a treatment more archaic than was natural to him. Thus the tombs of Corneto give us a good general view of the…
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