. Etruscan tomb paintings, Their subjects and significance. Fig. IWALL-PAINTING FROM THE TOMBA CAMPANA. Fig. 2MAIN PICTURE IN THE TOMBA DEI TORI AT CORNETO TOMBA CAMPANA AT VEII II The first stage of development is represented by theTomba Campana at Veii. This tomb was discovered in 1843,and a good description of it is given by Canina in AnticaCittd di Veii (1847), but it has never been published withadequate illustrations. A new and thorough treatment ofthe ornamentation and motives of its pictures is given in aLeipzig dissertation by Andreas Rumpf {Die Wandmalereienin Veii, 1915). But this,

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. Etruscan tomb paintings, Their subjects and significance. Fig. IWALL-PAINTING FROM THE TOMBA CAMPANA. Fig. 2MAIN PICTURE IN THE TOMBA DEI TORI AT CORNETO TOMBA CAMPANA AT VEII II The first stage of development is represented by theTomba Campana at Veii. This tomb was discovered in 1843,and a good description of it is given by Canina in AnticaCittd di Veii (1847), but it has never been published withadequate illustrations. A new and thorough treatment ofthe ornamentation and motives of its pictures is given in aLeipzig dissertation by Andreas Rumpf {Die Wandmalereienin Veii, 1915). But this, too, is without illustrations. Thecentral doorway of the back wall is provided with an orna-mental painted border and flanked by paintings in yellow,grey, and red on a blue ground. The work is ornamentation is akin to that of Greek vase-painting ofthe seventh century The pictures are purely decorative :animals and fabulous animals such as lion, sphinx, deer, andpanther fill the surface side by side with lotus-flowers andpalmettes. There is no narrative element. To be sure,Weege,

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