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" ... painted by him ; and being more celebrated as a painter than a sculptor, Pausanias, with a negligence not unusual with antient authors, has mentioned them as paintings. The colours are still perceptible on a close inspection. The armour and accessories... "
Greek Buildings: Represented by Fragments in the British Museum - Page 89
by William Richard Lethaby - 1908 - 218 pages
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A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece: During the ..., Volume 1

Edward Dodwell - 1819 - 686 pages
...perceptible on a close inspection. The armour and accessories have been gilt to represent gold or bronze: the drapery is generally green, blue, or red, which...have been the favourite colours of the Greeks. The scene.took place in the open air, which is represented by being painted blue. Of the battle of the...
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The Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles of the Classical Ages in the ..., Volume 2

Henry Ellis (Bibliothécaire au British Museum) - 1833 - 366 pages
...perceptible on a close inspection. The armour and accessories have been gilt, to represent gold or bronze : the drapery is generally green, blue, or red, which...have been the favourite colours of the Greeks. The scene took place in the open air, which is represented by being painted blue." In this opinion we cannot...
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Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles, Volume 2

British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1833 - 370 pages
...perceptible on a close inspection. The armour and accessories have been gilt, to represent gold or bronze : the drapery is generally green, blue, or red, which...have been the favourite colours of the Greeks. The scene took place in the open air, which is represented by being painted blue." In this opinion we cannot...
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The Elgin and Phigaleian marbles of the classical ages, in the ..., Volume 2

sir Henry Ellis - 1846 - 416 pages
...perceptible on a close inspection. The armour and accessories have been gilt, to represent gold or bronze : the drapery is generally green, blue, or red, which...have been the favourite colours of the Greeks. The scene took place in the open air, which is represented by being painted blue." In this opinion we cannot...
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Daedalus: Or, The Causes and Principles of the Excellence of Greek Sculpture

Edward Falkener - 1860 - 408 pages
...perceptible on a close inspection. The armour and accessories have been gilt to represent gold or bronze ; the drapery is generally green, blue, or red, which...have been the favourite colours of the Greeks. The scene took place in the open air, which is represented by being painted blue." l We are too apt to...
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The British Quarterly Review, Volume 33

Henry Allon - 1861 - 594 pages
...Greece, expressly says, ' the armour and accessories ' have been gilt to represent gold, or bronze ; the drapery is generally ' green, blue, or red, which seem to have been the favourite colours That colouring has so seldom been discovered on ancient statues is owing to the quick fading away of...
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