 The origin of painting is obscure, and hardly falls within the scope of this work. The claim of the Egyptians to have discovered the art six thousand years before it reached Greece is obviously an idle boast, while among the Greeks some say that it was...  The Elder Pliny's Chapters on the History of Art - Pagina 85di Pliny (the Elder.), Eugénie Strong, Heinrich Ludwig Urlichs - 1896 - 252 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | George Willis Botsford, Ernest Gottlieb Sihler - 1915 - 758 pagine
...to have discovered the art six thousand years before it reached Greece is obviously an idle boast,1 while among the Greeks some say that it was first discovered at Sicyon, others at Corinth. All however agree that painting began with the outlining of a man's shadow.... | |
 | R. J. FORBES - 1955 - 290 pagine
...The claim of the Egyptians to have discovered the art six thousand years before it reached Greece is obviously an idle boast, while among the Greeks some...still in vogue, received the name of monochrome." ressemblance to clotted blood. In some cases, however, it would seem that the ochre was used less abundantly... | |
 | Robert James Forbes - 1957 - 286 pagine
...The claim of the Egyptians to have discovered the art six thousand years before it reached Greece is obviously an idle boast, while among the Greeks some...still in vogue, received the name of monochrome." originally applied as war-paint or body-decoration by the living man. Tattooing the skin with red,... | |
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