New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-15

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liar motives would Join the Greefs and in particular
burden of resisting the PcTsidusl mean the AtheDan
Greeks 1t was from them mat me plncpai n Snss
OF Cypru. turned most readily. ard l. was to cyprus
thar the Ah mans lo"Sed as afS 10 r ne k' Us AZ ~
CYPRUS thai SOoa. the Atheniau law glycr rered anu
| lived for a number OF years
cYPRIOTE SCULPTURE DERIVED FROM THE GREEKS.
But before turning to the period OF history in which
Cyprus the where part of The great Strg-
gle was enacted, will point out Cypriote monn-
ments in winch, though they may lie the works OF
PhGnicIan artisls the influence OF early Greek art IL
nevertheless apparent.
The first thing that surprises student OF ancient ART
in the Cyurus coec is ts that some Of the statues
look Egyptian others Assyln, and others Greek, yes
eneath this appearance of diversity there much IN the
statues discovered IN the ruins OF the Temple Of GoSos
that IA common 10 them ALL aud is neither OF Egyptian
nor OF Assyran origin 70 begin with they are all
scuptured in the round and statues properly So
called But In Assyra statues in the round have over
been discovered unless dignity with thar name TWO
or three figures that like dolls made to be
covered with drapery the maOnnas on festal
days in Italy, 1t IL sculpture IN rehef thai the
Assyrans exceled and their excellence in this album
daut evidence was found by Layard at Nmeveh That TIE
Assyrians with all tleir artistic SKILL should never have
thought OF making statues In tue round seems most
onions circumstances until We recoect tue great
scarcity Of stone in their country The Assyrians had
bricks wood copper and bronze enough Tor tnr build
ms bt as regards stone SO very limited Us the supply
that they compelled to restrict iis use 10 facing
slabs the walls OF their paces and ON these siaus
tbey could execute only rcefs. Tradition that
the Assyrans statues In The round made OF bronze
colossal slze but probably they were icw 50 very
few that single fragment OF any OF mem mas as
vel been discovered, and the whole VIII be sale IT,
conclude that the art of statuary strictly speaking was
unknown 20 The Assyr1ans Ihu+, thei sihongD mere
are numerous figures rom cyprus WHEN LOOK DISTINCTLY
OF an Assyrian tyre we Il as oesI IA lbn .hst e ns'
idea OF them must have been derived ro else" ere
So again many the statues from cyprus appear 10
of stnpe In fact the inna6itants the hanks ~
Nile were the greatest nation OF sone-oa,Idefs
brVo1d doubt that the carry GreeKs learned
much OF their stOne-work from tue Egypuans,
Argos testify But then the Egyptian stone sted Of
hard granite which cost long abdf and great expense
10 render useful, and OF tue consequences Ol hs
was that Egypt IN AssyTia statues seupu alto
gelhrr ia the round were comparatively rare Very re
oueny iau figures are In Such nigh RELIEF as 70
Os M M. y came y,y near 10 stai-
nary but II their natural element and II can
said therefore that lie scupor OF the Cy-
prus statues which seem 20 be altogether Egyptian,
coa have obtained their first idea from Egypt Among
the CIVILIZED nations OF antiquity II was QUO Greeks VINO
first took sculpture H. the round and Is from Their
success in that bra1ch II Ort that they have gained
| nown whlcl apparently VIII never he ecEps'd IL was
the Greeks who hrst successfully made ia Stone gurc
OF u man tree ali round aha standing independently
on his own feet Nor Is tho 80 very strange when we
think nOw Well the TACT cOiclde' WIN what we
know them IN oIDer ways t rcdinds Us OF thlr pup,
1 up a, 1
free, Judged ON his own merits AL rOuna Iefewas
no such thing Greece public freedom for individuals
uat they and established ~ their nacna
BILE rignt So 10 was IN sculpture theie WIS no Iree
standing statue for when the Greek artist could conceive
high ideal type. Every here cOnnlnus wele Attiched
WHICH reDressed whatever artistic ardor ne might pos
sess The OF Egypt and or Assyfla Is always
of Greece is inseparab connected all respects with
the idea freedom but always freedom within certain
| peiIence OF ages to be absolutely Dece ssary.
IL could only been, then from the Greeks that the
1 HVsga All All
| lie r0uuG however much in detail they may have
| copied from the Egyptians and Assyrians
SOME TYPICAL STATUES or CYPRUS.
The greater part Of the statues which have dscov
cred in Cyprus represent either priests Otner persons
connected with religious services but only IN few in
stances do We find figures which clearly be identified
either an biological real persons This, in ITSELF
curious fact. very similar result has OF late years
been obtained from the tombs OF Tansgra, IN BeOta
which have yielded several thousands OF erra-cotta
statuettes including scarcely figure OF deity or other
recognizable person. Among the few Cypriote statues
| which represent neurological personages will point
ont the colossal figure Of Hercules. He wears
| the skn OF the Nemean lion, the head OF
which rests upon his, while Its forepaws are knot
ted ON his breast His left hand holds up his favorte
ve,pOn the club at his right hIde hangs q quiyer
AZ his lett are what appears to b0 the remains OF
how According the story tue hons skln when Her.
t Gu raV 90 and depopuiate the district Of Me-
| mea till Hercules, then young man, Killed IL.
| B
fer wear the skin OF an animal which had been fOrm
dhe.st n is curious Hercules aid not Tor instance
,ary ms dress wearing the SKIN oi the famous Cfeta
buli or the Erymautheian wild boar or the stag OF
Corynla all OF winch animals at different times lie
oveTDOWered 10 his great fame. Most probably, then,
The story Of the Nrmeap lion invented to account
for this characteristic dress OF Hercules Indeed he u
found on OF art represented wearing the Hon
akin when oply boy, and before the time OF
his encounter With the CLUB, mis- most frequent
symbol or attribute In art, Hercules Is rarely repre-
sened performing any great net except that or Kill
for lie only succeeded in killing IL BY applying fire when
lie MAD cut or one OF It's heads With the DOw he
more frequently occupied In shooting the Silmpha-
liam birds, killing the yuure which every day
the mountain for having taught mankind the use OF fire.
| PE6ULIARIrIEs OF ANCIENT CYPMoTE POTTERY.
II Is now generally acknowledged that the oldest In
dustria occupation 10 which nations antiquity
and especially the Cypnoes turned their hands was the
making OF clay to contain liquid substanceshat
Is 20 say the Of pottery The soft clay a sub
stance which required tools and machinery 70
mood 1t INTO the required shapes aud from the forms
| ornament employed in the earliest specmens we can
see that these vases produced in primitive age
when men had little assistance except from oWr
hands.
One OF the chief industries Of Cyprus from very
mote period was the manufacture OF liquid perfumes
extracted from the rose the lily and the henna plant
| in which the island always hbounded, aud We know
that the Cyprotes made great Of liquid perfumes
both in In annointing the bodice Of he
dead We may then fairly conclude that the small
are rem aims OF the earliest attempts Of the Cyprus pot