History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1880)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933, Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 152
c now preserved in the museum at Naples (Fig. 31). Scenes simple butfull of subject are depicted in lively colours on a white ground ; warriorsreturning from the field; women receiving them and offering them refresh-ment ; countrymen who, having remained at home and welcomed back theconquerors with… … Fit Greek art, though it cannot be proved, seems probable. Paestum lost itsindependence as a Hellenic community when the Lucanians conquered it inthe fourth century B.C. ; the costumes in the work before us are thereforeLucanian and not Greek ; the profiles too are not pure, or at least not…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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