Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 58
nt. In decorative art,whether of utensilsand furniture, or thesculptured carving ofpublic buildings, orthe painted frescoesof ordinary domestichouses, the highestperfection of taste wasdisplayed. Thepainted frescoes of thePompeiian houses inthe Xaples Museumare an inexhaustiblemine of vigorous… … Fig. 24.—Bronze j^tatuette. Venus.-Naples. 48 ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL AET. was not affected by the Greeks, whose sculpture wasoriginally devoted to religious purposes, and rarelyabandoned its traditions on this point, but the practical,businesslike and common sense nature of the Eomanfound its own…
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