History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 182
, from mythological to genre, has been describedas an evolution rather than a revolution, brought about byartistic, not religious, considerations. The possible varieties ofthe feminine standing types may be best studied in the Tanagrafigures (Plate IX.), which include women or girls in everyvariety… … LATER TYPES 125 across the figure ; in others a fan, mirror, wreath, or mask isheld in one hand, the other drawing the edges of the draperytogether. Some lean on a column or are seated on a rock ;others play with a bird or perform their toilet. Imitationsof the Tanagra figures, but vastly inferior…
Pottery, Ancient · Mythology, Greek
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