Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 334
s andflowefs appear dark;red white is used onlyin few cases — lor in-stance, for the hair of anold man. The composi-tion shows greater con-centration and symme-try in the grouping,according to the condi-tions of the space atdisposal. The figures show a solemn dignity, with signs, however, of an… … 322 DOMESTIC UTENSILS. Kramer calls the beautiful style, in which grace and beauty ofmotion and drapery, verging on the soft, have taken the place ofsevere dignity. In high art this transition might be compared tothat from Peruginos school to that of Raphael, or, if we may be-lieve the ancient…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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