Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 157
appears in their works in bronze and gold, sug-gest an Asiatic influence, chiefly Phenician, possibly viaCarthage. Their ceramic art, especially in its laterphases, was based on Greek models. The Campanacollection of terra-cotta reliefs in the Louvre, belono-ino;to the first century B.C., show much… … Fig. 160, Detail of a Pilaster. of these reliefs retain a curiously Asiatic character (Fig.159). In Figs. 156-160 a numher of typical Etrus-can forms are shown. Painted terra-cotta ornaments,such as were used on the wooden superstructures oftheir temples, are preserved in the museums of Italy;they…
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