kmanship whichdistinguished many of these art-objects in the olden time causedthem to be ascribed to a deity.Thus we read in Homer that Vul-cain, the divine artificer, wasputting on the last touch to anexquisite tripod, designed for Olym-pus, when he is visited by Thetis.This particular piece was… … 1 For reasons adduced in the text, Stade selected the latter arrangement in hisrestoration. 2 Iliad, xviii. 375-378. i64 A History of Art in Sardinia and Jud/ea. r set on wheels, which the light hand of a slave caused to travelfrom one apartment to another, wherever the whim or fancy of thefair…
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