Ancient art and its remains, or, A manual of the archaeology of art / By C.O. Müller.

  • Karl Otfried Müller
Date:
1852
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Credit: Ancient art and its remains, or, A manual of the archaeology of art / By C.O. Müller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mermann's Zeitschr. 1837. N. 83 f. Comp. R. Rochette Lettres Archeolog. 1840. i. p. 46—61. Westermann in the Jahrb. f. Philol. xxv. S. 480.] 2. Bottiger's Furienraaske, s. 75. On the matricide of Orestes by Theon, R. Rochette, M. I. p. 177. 143. The glorious art of these masters, as far as regards 1 light, tone, and local colours, is lost to us, and we know no- thing of it except from obscure notices and later imitations; on the contrary, the pictures on vases (with thinly scattered bright figures) give us the most exalted idea of the progress and achievements of the art of design, if we venture, from the workmanship of common handicraftsmen, to draw conclu- sions as to the works of the first artists. There were dis- 2 covered in the excavations at Volci (§. 99, 2) in particular abundant specimens: 1st, of elegant and noble, but still stiif, symmetrical, and over-ornate drawing; but also 2dly, of a free and at the same time simple and grand style, such as we might suppose to have been borrowed from Polygnotus; also 3dly, a very interesting example of over-laboured and trifling imita- tion of nature somewhat in the manner of Dionysius (§. 135, 3). On the other hand, among the vases of Nola, which are, as re- gards the mass, of later date, together with older styles there were found specimens of an ease, delicacy and tender grace such as must have first emanated from the Ionic school of painting. 2. Specimens of (1) : The contest over the body of Patroclus and the reconciliation with Achilles, on a cup from Yolci, Inghirami, G. Omer. ii, 254. Peleus bringing Thetis to the grotto of Chiron, vase from Volci; Ingh. ibid. 235. Vasi fittili 77. Thetis among the Nereids carried off, on the lid of a Nola vase, more in an imitated style, M. I. d. Inst. 37. comp. J. de Witte, Ann. v. p. 90. Apollo and Idas, fighting about Marpessa (?) on an Agrigentine vase, M. I. d. Inst. 20. comp. Ann. ii. p. 194. iv. p. 393. Bullet. 1831, p. 132. Poseidon hurling the island of Nisyros on the giant Ephialtes, on a Sicilian vase, Millingen, Un. Mon. i, 7. (2.) Athena receiving the child Erichthonius from the Earth, in presence of Hephsestus, vase from Volci, M. I. d. Inst. 10. Ann. i. p. 292. Achilles and Hector hastening to combat; the former held back by Phoenix, the latter by Priam, vase of Volci. (The figures of the heroes still very antique.) M. I. d. Inst. 35, 36. comp. Ann. iii. p. 380. iv. 84. Tityus subdued by Apollo, vase of Volci (the drawing of the muscles here also in an older style). M. I. d. Inst. 23. comp. Ann. ii. p. 225. Apollo, after his voyage in the shape of a dolphin, striking the cithern on a tripod encompassed with the wings of swans, vase of Volci. M. I. d. Inst. 46. Ann. iv. p. 333. Micali, Mon. 94. (3.) Vase of Sosias, the inside picture representing Achilles bind- ing the wounds of Patroclus, with a careful observation of all details in the figures and dress; the outside probably represents the gods assembled at the marriage of Peleus and promising good fortune, in an older and less studied style. M. I. d. Inst. 24. 25. Ann. ii. p. 232. iii. p, 424, iv. p.