Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford), 1876-1960 · London : Methuen and co · leaf 66
ir other worksof art, of surpassing excellence. Gold was wroughtwith a skill which showed how well the artist appre-ciated the beauty of its colour and its distinctivequalities of ductility and malleability. The Greekcraftsman was ever careful to keep the material in strictsubordination to the… … EARLY GRKEK JICWEI.LKRY GREEK ing, and of intaglio cutting on metal, and brought to/great perfection the art of soldering small objects on tothin surfaces and joining together the thinnest metalplates. Granulated work, in which they were rivalled bythe Etruscans alone, the Greeks practised with…
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