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cophagus is easilyaccounted for, if we suppose it to have been executed as the tombof a devoted follower in the generation following his death,when, more and more, divinity seemed to gather about hismemory. The sarcophagus is again templelike in characteras regards its gabled roof and splendid… … fto g a I 298 The Message of Greek Art art. Perhaps there is a trifle of wantonness in this prodigalityof skill, a bit of desire to carry the well-known conventionalornaments into dangerously fragile delicacy, but skill does notyet riot or play havoc with sobriety and taste. The glory of the whole,…
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