Hoyt, Deristhe Levinte · Boston, U.S.A., Ginn & Company · leaf 37
onlyto minister to luxuryor vanity. The remains ofthe paintings ofPompeii and Her-culaneum enablethe world now tojudge of the char-acter of the ordinarydecorative work ofthese Roman paint-ers. These may beseen in large num-bers at the Museumof Naples. Theyare wall paintingsand represent danc-ing… … ANCIENT PAINTING. 15 reds and blues and soft yellows. The peculiar red usedis known to-day by the name of Pompeian red. Theintensity of the colors employed was probably due to thesmall amount of light allowed in the apartments. Ancient art, as distinguished by any especial character-istics, ceased…
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