. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . equal degree the bronzes and vases bear the stamp of thehigher characters of the Greek artist. It must be remembered that Pompeiiwas a Greek settlement, and the influence of the Greek intelligence was feltin every part of Roman life. The subject race were the supreme arbiters oftaste, so that Greek art equally with Greek philosophy dominated theRoman mind. It was the entire supremacy of this feeling amid the ranksof the governing classes at Rome which will probably tend to explain
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . equal degree the bronzes and vases bear the stamp of thehigher characters of the Greek artist. It must be remembered that Pompeiiwas a Greek settlement, and the influence of the Greek intelligence was feltin every part of Roman life. The subject race were the supreme arbiters oftaste, so that Greek art equally with Greek philosophy dominated theRoman mind. It was the entire supremacy of this feeling amid the ranksof the governing classes at Rome which will probably tend to explain theapparent eccentricities of Nero ; it was his ambition to be at once anEmperor and an artist, and under the sway of the feeling of the artist hisclaim to be a governor was subordinated. This came out with great clear-ness at Naples, when he played his celebrated cantata, and insisted uponcontinuing after the theatre in which the performance was taking placehad been partly destroyed by an earthquake. The love of art permeatedthe very fibre of the people, and received a constant impulse from imperial 388 ^^^. Naples magnificence and sympathy. It is thus that we are enabled to understandthe wide ])rofusion of articles of taste and skill which have been recoveredfrom the city of Pompeii, The disentombment of the city continues, and enough has already beendone to make quite clear the general conditions which belonged to are to be seen the Forum, the Temple of Jupiter, the Prison, theTemple of Augustus, the Temple of Mercury; here are kept a large numberof relics, as vases, fetters, wheels, earthenware, &c. Special attentionshould be given to the white marble altar in the centre of the court. Notfar from here is the great Theatre, and adjoining this is the small here also is the House of the Sculptor, so named from all the imple-ments of that profession having been found there. Our engravings speak , and represent the Amphitheatre, the House of M
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