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The world's painters and their pictures (1899)

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ine arts. Herpublic buildings were already filled to overflowing with artworks (if we may credit historians), and therefore the publicdemand grew less. Inferior styles of art were developedwhich characterized this period of decline. Thus, therewere painters of genre,1 of barbers shops, cobblers… … Greek Painting. Muse Polymnia.Cortona Museum. 12 THE WORLDS PAINTERS. Examples of ancient Greek painting may be seen to-dayin the Museum of Naples, where have been collected quitea number of fragmentary specimens (chiefly from Paestum),some of which possess great beauty and depth of expression.One…

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