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The message of greek art (1915)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York : Macmillan Co. · leaf 264

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al Museum at Athens.Gradually, however, from the accidental beginning of the iEgeanwarrior, the Greek evolves a definite theme for his gravestone,a theme of which the Egyptians knew nothing and which thei^gean probably represented only by accident and withoutformulation. The new theme is very… … Fig. 101. — Egyptian Memorial Tablet. Museum, Cairo. 248 The Message of Greek Art attempt made at portraiture, probably because this was im-possible at first, and later because art had conceived very dif-ferent ideals. It cannot be too strongly insisted that we neverhave a portrait upon a Greek…

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