History of ancient pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885. History of ancient pottery · London, J. Murray · leaf 364
uring of Etruscanterracottas on the supposition that the Etruscans did notprofess to make figures in this material, but looked down onit as a common substance, to be concealed wherever possible.However this may be, the polychromy was not only a necessaryartifice, but an admirable means of imparting… … TERRACOTTA SARCOPHAGI 323 as a rule.^ The dark red pigment usually applied for flesh-colour on the sarcophagi may suggest the inininin with whichthe statue of Jupiter Capitolinus was smeared. In later workthe tints are lighter and much more varied, as we have seen,and this is especially noticeable…
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