Ancient Art and Its Remains; or a Manual of the Archæology of Art
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: January 16, 2001
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Handbuch der Archäologie der Kunst
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 655
ISBN-13: 9781421267890
Subjects: manual,ancient art,archaeology of art,muller,ancient,art,and,its,remains,or,a,manual,of,the,archaeology,of,art; Art / Criticism; Art / History / General
First sentence: 40. Of all the branches of the Indo-Germanic race, the Greeks were that in which sensible and spiritual, internal and external life were found in the finest equipoise; hence they appear to have been from the first most peculiarly fitted for the independent cultivation of artistic forms, although it required a long process of development and many favourable circumstances before this feeling for art, which showed its activity so early in poetry and mythology, could be also transferred to external matters and ripen into sculpture.
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