Needlework as art . Fig. Athene attired in the sacred peplos. PI. Silver bowl from Palestrina. Ganneau. Journal Asiatique, Coupe de Palestrina. 1SS0. Page 33. Stvle. 51 ?J O Homer never tires of praising the womens work, andthe chests of splendid garments laid up in the Helen gave of her work to Telemachus: Helen, the fair lady, stood by the coffer wherein wereher robes of curious needlework which she herself hadwrought. Then Helen, the fair lady, lifted it out, thewidest and most beautifully embroidered of all—and itshone like a star; and this she sent as a gift
Needlework as art . Fig. Athene attired in the sacred peplos. PI. Silver bowl from Palestrina. Ganneau. Journal Asiatique, Coupe de Palestrina. 1SS0. Page 33. Stvle. 51 ?J O Homer never tires of praising the womens work, andthe chests of splendid garments laid up in the Helen gave of her work to Telemachus: Helen, the fair lady, stood by the coffer wherein wereher robes of curious needlework which she herself hadwrought. Then Helen, the fair lady, lifted it out, thewidest and most beautifully embroidered of all—and itshone like a star; and this she sent as a gift to hisfuture wife. 2 Sempers theory is, that the chief import of Orientalstyle being embroideries, therefore the hangings anddresses arriving from Asia gave the poetic Greek themotives for his art, his civilization, his legends, and This may or may not be ; there is no doubt thatthey influenced Bottiger accordingly believes that Homers descriptionsof beautiful dress and furnishings are derived from, or atleast influenced by, what he had learnt of the B
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