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The message of greek art (1915)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York : Macmillan Co. · leaf 275

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liar facts sooften referred to and see instead a farewell, a journey to thatundiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns.Figure 106 is a singularly beautiful example of a grave reliefof this new type. The group represents a family circle, a whollyideal one beyond doubt. The departing… … Fig. 106. —Grave Relief. The Farewell.National Museum, Athens. The Difusion of Art 259 A man with bowed head, whose attention is similarly directed,stands behind the sitting figure. It seems unnecessary toinscribe, as is sometimes done, the word Farewell upon thetombstone. Again, as in the case of…

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