Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . Female and Cupid fishing. and implements of writing; the other contains two pictures,one of Venus and Cupid fishing, the other of Ariadne. Both HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET. 379 of these are graceful and well executed. At the end of theright branch of the colonnade is the sacrifice of moment is taken at which Chalcas is about to strike thefatal blow. Iphigenia, borne in the arms of two
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . Female and Cupid fishing. and implements of writing; the other contains two pictures,one of Venus and Cupid fishing, the other of Ariadne. Both HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET. 379 of these are graceful and well executed. At the end of theright branch of the colonnade is the sacrifice of moment is taken at which Chalcas is about to strike thefatal blow. Iphigenia, borne in the arms of two men, isappealing to her father, who stands in the front of thepicture, turned away from her, with his head veiled, whichwe may suppose to have been the received way of treatingthe subject ever after the first painter received so much. The SaciiQce of Jpbigenia. applause for thus escaping the necessity of expressingpassions which his art was unable to portray. The figure ofthe maiden is beautiful, but, by a strange oversight, she hasno legs, or if she has, they are hidden behind one of hersupporters in a way which it is not very easy to draperies are for the most part shades of blue andpurple, and the effect of the whole picture is too red. Above, 380 POMPEII. Diana appears in the clouds, with the hind which was tosupply Iphigenias place as a victim. To the left is seen agolden statue of the goddess, bearing a lighted torch in eachhand, and with two dogs at her feet. At the side of this picture we enter a room near twentyfeet square, and of considerable height. It is called theTriclinium, or the Chamber of Leda, from a painting which
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