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ent offon the tangent of vulgar irrelevancy. Art had been to the Greeka spiritual necessity, the expression of his deepest feeling and hisnoblest aspirations. Every people has such a need and findssome way of satisfying it. The Roman had found another way.Greek art was therefore to him not a… … Fig. 113. — Detail from Grave Relief.National Museum, Athens. 270 The Message of Greek Art shallow curiosity, a patronizing recognition of grace and pret-tiness, and we regard with complacency our homage to the artof Hellas. It is impossible to leave these incomparable monumentswithout noticing the…
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