Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art · leaf 159
SECOND HALF OF V CENTURY B.C. 121 By the middle of the fifth century Athenian vase-paint- Vases ing had reached the height of its development. The long struggle with the problems of representation was over, and the artist could easily, without effort, represent whatever he chose. He was, in … vases, there was devel- FIG. 77. AMPHORA WARRIOR TAKING LEAVE OF HIS oped a delicate, graceful FAMILY style for which vases of smaller dimensions were preferably chosen. In these, fine- ness and richness of line-drawing reach their climax. The folds of the soft, clinging chitons are depicted in…
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