Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 334
ertain pictureswith a strictly limited function, he obeyed an imagination overwhich a sure judgment kept unsleeping watch. His poly-chromatic decorations fulfilled their purpose of amusing anddelighting the eye without ever attempting to deceive it. Suchis and must always be the true principle of… … 13: ^^:;,;j^§!3^;^0X^ Fig. 141.—Winged bull npon a rosette; from Layard. fertile fancy is governed, in every instance to which we can point, with unfailing tact, and to them must be given the credit of having invented not a few of the motives that may yet be traced in the art of the Medes and…
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