Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 74
y all that weknow, by survivals, of the earlier Greek painting. Anumber of very beautiful frescoes have, however, alsobeen found in Eome. The execution of these pictures was offhand and rapid,as natural to plaster decoration, and in details we fre- EOMAX ARCHITECTURE AXD PAINTING. 63 quently find… … Fig. 38.—PoMPEiiAN Wall Painting. Naples Museum. these paintings correspond to the taste of the laterperiods of Greek art for playful and amatory themesdrawn from Greek mythology, although there are otherand many scenes from daily antique life and its sur-roundings. Many of them are in large or…
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