"Panhellenic" Quotes from Famous Books
... entirely religious there could be little variety in the manner of treating them. Each god or goddess had its own attributes, which must be rendered with exact care; and any new mode of portraying them was almost a sacrilege. But as time passed on and the Panhellenic games and the national Pantheon at Olympia grew into their great importance, new subjects were furnished for the artists, which allowed them to show their originality and to indulge their artistic imaginations ... — A History of Art for Beginners and Students - Painting, Sculpture, Architecture • Clara Erskine Clement |