History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 546
ypes of the figures, as in the case of the dancing Maenads,are largely derived from the New-Attic reliefs (see above). In the second class, to which belong the vases of P. Corneliusand those found at Puteoli, a large use of ornament is themost conspicuous feature. The figures are little more… … SUBJECTS 493 figures like those in the Nile-scenes on the terracotta muralreliefs (p. 371) and Centaurs derived from Hellenic prototypes. Throughout there is a remarkable variety, not only of subjects,but of ornaments and methods of composition, features in whichthe Greek vase-painters at all…
Pottery, Ancient · Mythology, Greek
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