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The principles of Greek art (1914)

Gardner, Percy, 1846-1937 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 250

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PRINCIPLES OF GREEK ART 228 CHAP. ent scheme, J ; in fact, this tendency to schemes is universal. Of course in the case of a terra-cotta figure, formed in a mould, there are external and obvious reasons for close and methodical … Pig. 67. — Meiian terra-cotta. packing of the group ; but the same principle prevails in vase- painting ; the lines of a vase exercise on the artist the same kind of influence as the practical necessities of the mould ; an inner law takes the place of external pressure. Turning to vase-paintings,…

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