 ... but with reference also to the no less interesting processes of execution employed by the artists of those times. These processes are unhappily lost, with many secrets of a civilization which was the mother of our own, a noble inheritance of the greater...  The Archaeological Journal - Page 3651861Full view - About this book
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1877 - 448 pages
...mother of our own, a noble inheritance of the greater part of which barbarous ages have robbed us. It must with humility be confessed, that we see at...perfect, that not only all the refinements of our civilization cannot imitate, but cannot even explain theoretically the processes of its execution.... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1877 - 442 pages
...mother of our own, a noble inheritance of the greater part of which barbarous ages have robbed us. It must with humility be confessed, that we see at...of a workmanship so perfect, that not only all the rctinements of our civilization cannot imitate, but cannot even explain theoretically the processes... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Greece - 1903 - 848 pages
...produce." "It must," says Signor Castellani, "with humility be confessed that we see at present, arising as if by enchantment from the forgotten cemeteries...explain theoretically the process of its execution " : — The style (of this early Etruscan work) is easily recognised by its elegant forms, the harmony... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1877 - 444 pages
...mother of our own, a noble inheritance of the greater part of which barbarous ages have robbed us. It must with humility be confessed, that we see at...perfect, that not only all the refinements of our civilization cannot imitate, but cannot even explain theoretically the processes of its execution.... | |
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