History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 501
pattern of this kind.^ The subjects are interesting from the fact that they are anearly instance (in vase-paintings) of intentional caricatures orgrotesques ; this is shown not only in the manner of treatingthe themes selected, but in the rude character of the drawing.Among those drawn from myth… … FIG. 98. VASE FROM TEMPLE OF KABEIKI : PARODY OF ACHILLES AND CHEIRON (BRIT. MUS. K77). the Chimaera. A favourite subject is that of Pigmies in combatwith cranes. But the most interesting is one which representsthe deity Kabeiros (answering to Dionysos) with his son (Pais,i.e. lacchos) at a…
Pottery, Ancient · Mythology, Greek
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