An outline history of painting for young people and students (1883)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, White, Stokes, & Allen · leaf 39
The upper part represents a feast, and the lower portiona boar-hunt in a wood, which is indicated by the few treesand the little twigs which are intended to represent theunderbrush of the forest. If we compare these pictureswith the works of the best Italian masters, they seemvery crude and almost… … I mO s O O Q O -S i- ■a PSpitb,b.O u U < z< ANCIENT GREECE AND ITALY. 25 The pose and action of the figures and their grace of move-ment, as well as the folding of the draperies, are far betterthan anything earlier than the Greek painting of whichthere is any knowledge ; for, as we have said,…
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