. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . obligedto conform for a timeto the Etrusean figures havethe rigidity of Egyptianstatuary : the style hadnot reaehed even thatof ^TCgina. Yet theyfurnished Italy -withIj^ manj bronze and terra-cotta statues of largedimensions. Plielionians,Avho ?were niggardly even Blaok Vases of Cliisimn (Oliiiisi). -ji ^i • i ii i i AVitli then gods, tliouglit that teira-eotta statues -were a sutfieient deeoration for their temple of Ju])itor Capitolinus, and they placed sonu of them upon the p

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. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . obligedto conform for a timeto the Etrusean figures havethe rigidity of Egyptianstatuary : the style hadnot reaehed even thatof ^TCgina. Yet theyfurnished Italy -withIj^ manj bronze and terra-cotta statues of largedimensions. Plielionians,Avho ?were niggardly even Blaok Vases of Cliisimn (Oliiiisi). -ji ^i • i ii i i AVitli then gods, tliouglit that teira-eotta statues -were a sutfieient deeoration for their temple of Ju])itor Capitolinus, and they placed sonu of them upon the They provided themselves yetnioie cheaply with statues of bionze, -whenthey carried olf two thousand at the sachof Aolsinii. Tlie ancients, who only leained verylate to make ?wooden casks, were thebest jiotters in the \\oil(l: our museumscontain more than fifteen thousand auti(puvases. The red ]i(ittery of Arezzo andthe black pottery of Chiusi are ])Uiely Etruscan. The form is sonutimes odd, but often very elegant. The ornaments in reliif which decorate them, the fantastic animals.

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