Ancient art and its remains, or, A manual of the archaeology of art / By C.O. Müller.
- Karl Otfried Müller
- Date:
- 1852
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![l.oy m the Lath m thick mantle, Impr. d. I. iv, 73. The rack, which is seen here and often in the hands of women bathing and dressing, is per- haps merely an instrument for holding ribbons or something of that kind l>ouche-bath, vase-painting from Volci. Roman baths §. 292 R 4—The painting of the countenance, Tischb. ii, 58. Maisonn. pi. 16.—The girl playing at astragals, an dar^ayoc-hi^QVirci (comp. §. 120 R 3 417 R 2 ) is preserved in several copies, in the Brit. Mus. [ii, 28, Clarac pi. 578,'in Berlin ibid. Gerh. Berlin's Alt. Denkm. no, 59.], Paris L. 686., Dresden [.^'^^^'*'.,?^^^^-^' Wallmoden collection, [Cavaceppi Stat, ristaur. i, bO J Bouill. 11, 30, 2. M.Fran9. iv, 9. Clarac pi. 323. [One in the Colonna palace a fine work, the left hand supported, the right raised as if it had *l?o* ml°^^' ^^^ prettily wrought. Ficoroni i tali cet. p. 148. The earher Greek model from Tyndaris in Naples, Bull. 1843 p 60. Serradifalco Antich. di Sicilia V. p. 52. Thus Arne plays on coins of Kierion Millmgen Anc. Coins pi. 3, 12, 13. Ficoroni dei tali d. Antichi R. 1734.] The small bow on the plinth (according to others a serpent) is perhaps meant to designate one of the younger nymphs of Artemis. Comp Becker August. Th. iii. s. 21. Levezow, Amalth. i. s. 193. Board-swing on vases, Gerh. Ant. Bildw. iii, 63.; rope-swing, ibid. 54.; seat-swing, 55. MiUingen Un. Hon. i, 30. Comp. on these c^i^^cc,, oscilla, von Kohler, Masken s. 16. Playing at the troches, Winck. M. I. 193—195. Tassie tv 47, 7981. 84. comp. R. Rochette M. I. p. 233., §. 391. R. 4. (Eros?); [pe- cuUar to Ganymedes on vases] at large balls, Tischb. ii, 61. 62. Cottabus Jacobs Verm. Schr. vi. s. 106, still to seek for in works of art. [Perhaps Mon. Ined. 200. Welcker Kl. Schr. ii. s. 225.] The game of enkotyle (but not accurately represented) on vases, M. I. d. Inst. 47 B. Ann. iv. p. 336. Children's sports at the Saturnalia, according to Melchiorri, on a reUef in the Vatican, Diss. d. Acc. Rom. ii. p. 147. Gerh. Ant. Bildw. 65. Dwarfs as Roman articles of luxury, in bronzes, Ant. Ere. vi, 91. 92. Gori M. Etr. i, 56. Pitt. Ere. v, 66 sqq. (as Pygmies). 6. DEATH, 1 431. Direct representations of death and the ceremonies observed thereat are rare in Greek art; the dead body ceases to be an expression of life and precisely thereby a subject of 2 art.^ To allusive representations belongs, besides many already noticed, sometimes taken from mythology (§. 397. R. 2.), some- times from life (§. 428. K 2.), the simple figure of a departure, a journey, without further indication of the unknown bourne whither it is directed. 1. Conclamatio, relief, L. 182. (an imitation of the antique) Caylus iii, 73. Bouill. iii, 60, 1. Clarac pi. 154. Planctus L. 459. Bouill. 60, 2. Clarac pi. 153.; urns from Clusium §. 174. R. 2., comp. Gori M. Etr. iii, 3. t. 20-23. Carrying out the body, a strange painting, described by Gell N. Pomp. ii. p. 48. Depositing the deceased in the tomb, Stackelb. tf. 38. [The three Athenian vases M. d. I. iii, 60. Ann. xv. p. 276. are especially](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2178016x_0640.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
