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The principles of Greek art (1914)

Gardner, Percy, 1846-1937 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 254

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232 PRINCIPLES OF GREEK ART CHAP. painters, the way in which a careful balance is preserved, and yet is not allowed to degenerate into uniformity and insipidity. Good examples will be found below … Fig. 74. — Vase in the Ashmolean Fig. 73. — Kylix by Epictetus. Museum. ground, and in furthering the rhythm of the design, great use is made of drapery. I purposely say drapery rather than dress, drapery being dress treated rather in reference to a design than in reference to the wearer. In the…

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