Ancient Art and Its Remains; or a Manual of the Archæology of Art

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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Other Editions

• Ancient Art and Its Remains; or a Manual of the Archæology of ArtPaperbackAdamant Media Corporation2001-01-16
• Nouveau manuel complet d'archéologieLibrairie encyclopédique de Roret1841-01-01
• Handbuch der Archaeologie der KunstJosef Max1848-01-01
• Manual of the archaeology of art.A. Fullarton and co.1850-01-01
• Ancient art and its remains, or, A manual of the archæology of artB. Quaritch1852-01-01
• Ancient art and its remainsH. Bohn1852-01-01