The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 3T. Fig. 38. Triton put the Nereides to flight. To be sure, they look more asthough they were walking than running; but the artist has naivelysuggested a rapid pace. Compare them with the lightly-movingNereides of the verse of Homer or Sophocles! They follow infile with hands extended in a gesture of fright, legs set wide apart,as though the girls were paralyzed with terror. The sculptorsintention is quite plain (Fig. 39). The will to run is of the most ancient masters of bas-relief caught a mo-ment of the run which
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 3T. Fig. 38. Triton put the Nereides to flight. To be sure, they look more asthough they were walking than running; but the artist has naivelysuggested a rapid pace. Compare them with the lightly-movingNereides of the verse of Homer or Sophocles! They follow infile with hands extended in a gesture of fright, legs set wide apart,as though the girls were paralyzed with terror. The sculptorsintention is quite plain (Fig. 39). The will to run is of the most ancient masters of bas-relief caught a mo-ment of the run which had escaped modern artists until instanta-neous photography proved the artist of the past correct. See In the same period, the sixth century B. C, the painters of thevases began to grow more daring. The technique is more free, they 48 THE MOVEMENTS IN GENERAL. follow more closely the natural movements which are fugitive. It is sufficient to refer to Fig. 30, or to Fig. 26, 1, which is analogous, to get an idea of the manner of the runas depicted on the vases with black fig-ures. The line of the ground on whichthe feet rest is more clearly indicated inFig. 40 than in most, though the samething marks Fig. 528. The Athenianrunners (Fig. 41) are the most exact ofthe series, and are repeated many timesFib-- 33. on the amphorae of the fifth and fourth centuries B. C. The form of run in which the runner lifts the leg which is forward and just touches the toe of the rear foot to the ground is not appreciated as it should be. The painters of the red-figured vases would re-ject the modern manner. 79. A comparison ofFigs. 42 and 43 with thephotographic reproduc-tions in Fig. 27 disclosesa startling might almost havebeen superposed, the oneon the other. 80. Fig. 44 and Fig.
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