This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...they often painted the lower half of their columns a bright red, leaving the rest uncoloured: and where the garden was small, its wall was frequently tinted to deceive the eye as to its extent, imitating trees, birds, temples, fcc, in perspective; a meretricious delusion which the graceful pedantry of Pliny himself ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...they often painted the lower half of their columns a bright red, leaving the rest uncoloured: and where the garden was small, its wall was frequently tinted to deceive the eye as to its extent, imitating trees, birds, temples, fcc, in perspective; a meretricious delusion which the graceful pedantry of Pliny himself adopted with a complacent pride in its ingenuity." The novelist then proceeds to describe the house known by the of the Tragic Poet. (See plan lio. 2 on page 38.) "You enter by a long and narrow vestibule, on the floor of which is the image of a dog in mosaic, with the well-known Cave canem, ' or 'Beware the dog.' On either side is a chamber of some size: for the interior part of the house not being large enough to contain the two great divisions of private and public departments, these two rooms were set apart for the reception of visitors who, neither by rank nor familiarity, were entitled to admission in the penetralia of the mansion. "Advancing up the vestibule, you enter an atrium that, when first discovered, was rich in paintings, which in point of expression would scarcely disgrace a Raphael. You may see them now transplanted to the Neapolitan Museum; they are still the admiration of connoisseui-s--they depict the parting of Achilles and Briseis. "Who does not acknowledge the force, the vigour, the beauty, employed in delineating the forms and faces of Achilles and the immortal slave 1 "On one side of the atrium, a small staircase admitted to the apartments for the slaves on the second floor; there also were two or three small bedrooms, the walls of which portrayed the Rape of Europa, the battle of the Amazons, fec. "You now enter the tablinum, across which, at either end, hung...
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Edition:
1854, Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury and Evans
Publisher:
Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury and Evans
Published:
1854
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17747952332
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Good. Illustrations, plans (including a folding plan as frontis), 73p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Original cover not preserved. Frontis chipped along left margin and detached.
