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The message of greek art (1915)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York : Macmillan Co. · leaf 109

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arlier times, and for adistance on either side slabs of polished marble conceal the roughboulders of the Cyclopean wall beneath their thin veneer. Within the grim citadel change is busy and transformationwell advanced. Narrow and crooked streets have been clearedaway and unsightly houses are in… … Fig. 29.— Female Figure. Acropolis Museum, Athens. Art and the Tyrants 93 first time to the Athenians the beauty of the great encirclingcolonnade, engages all attention by its majestic lines, its softenedcolors and the ambitious figures of its great pediment. For the most part, gods have displaced…

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