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The message of greek art (1915)
Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York : Macmillan Co. · leaf 65
remains. The motive, thatof two rampant lions (or lionesses) guarding the sacred emblemof the pillar, is a familiar one in iEgean art, and tallies with thepillar cult of which we find such abundant evidence. Theunique thing about it is its representation in stone sculpture.Had such representation… … © The Worshiper and his Wooden Image 49 The character of the sculpture points in the same direction.The work is crudely realistic. The deviation from nature isnot greater than in the case of the hunting scene on the daggerblade, but it is of an utterly different character. Art is wontto deviate…Art, Greek
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