This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...be treated with the same fulness or accuracy of knowledge as that of sculpture; all the material at our command, apart from literary records, consists of the productions of minor craftsmen such as vase-painters, or the frescoes and wall-paintings of Rome and Pompeii, which at best are but a reflection of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...be treated with the same fulness or accuracy of knowledge as that of sculpture; all the material at our command, apart from literary records, consists of the productions of minor craftsmen such as vase-painters, or the frescoes and wall-paintings of Rome and Pompeii, which at best are but a reflection of the achievements of the great masters, standing hardly as near to their originals as do the Graeco-Roman copies of famous statues. In the present chapter we must of necessity confine ourselves mainly to the literary evidence, noting what is recorded of the principal artists. Such scanty remains of Greek paintings as do exist will naturally receive due attention; but in the archaic period at any rate the real source of our knowledge is in the evidence yielded by the painted vases, which form the theme of the succeeding chapter. Although the line of demarcation between works of art and products of decorative craftsmen must be carefully preserved, it was a line which in the beginning was only dimly marked; and in technical methods at all events the early painters were little in advance of the vase-artists, in whose developing powers we may catch a reflection of the new inventions which ancient writers associate with successive names. Greek paintings may be classified under three main headings: Wall-Paintings, Easel-Paintings, and Encaustic Work. To these might perhaps be added a fourth, that of Votive Tablets, which, both in character and technique, form a link with the minor art of vasepainting. There is yet another link in the painted terra-cotta sarcophagi of Asia Minor, the principal source of our knowledge of the early Ionic schools. Nor should we overlook the extensive use of painting in sculpture, terra-cotta work, and architecture, although this cannot...
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