Disquisitions upon the painted Greek vases, and their probable connection with the shows of the Eleusinian and other mysteries
A scholarly 1825 London study by James Christie, published by Longman and colleagues, examining painted Greek vases and their links to Eleusinian and other mystery rites, written for antiquarians and classical scholars. Its plates are black-and-white outline engravings of vase scenes, with figures set in black fields or drawn in white line on dark ground, offering designers strong silhouette and dark-ground compositions to borrow for ancient-style motifs.
