Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . rned with them ;and these profane monuments, the subjects of which were at timesanything but pious, added to the splendour of religious worship. Thepreservation of a great number of engraved stones, some indeed ofthe finest, is indebted to that custom. In the 15th century, anattempt was made to restore the glyptic art in the west. This art,which was not completely forgotten at Constantinople, passed onthe revival of letters into Italy, where the Medici received it witha munificence which is one of their fairest titles to the gratit
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . rned with them ;and these profane monuments, the subjects of which were at timesanything but pious, added to the splendour of religious worship. Thepreservation of a great number of engraved stones, some indeed ofthe finest, is indebted to that custom. In the 15th century, anattempt was made to restore the glyptic art in the west. This art,which was not completely forgotten at Constantinople, passed onthe revival of letters into Italy, where the Medici received it witha munificence which is one of their fairest titles to the gratitude ofmankind. They evinced a particular taste for engraved stones, andtheir courtiers propagated that taste, while their object was to flatterthat of their masters. Giovanni and Domenico excelled in thepractice of an art which was then the object of the greatest en-couragement. The first engraved in intaglio, the second in relief,both with such success, that they are known in the history of theart under the names Giovanni de Cornaline, and Domenico zeus overcoming the giants. Cameo. By Athenion. Naples. ANCIENT ARTISTS. The number of ancient artists who have signed their works israther considerable, and we shall give here a concise list of them, ANCIENT ARTISTS. 267 according to their epochs. It will be of some use, as well for thehistory of the art as for the study of those monuments themselves,especially by the indication of the principal works of each artist,and of their special signatures. The name of any Egyptian orEtruscan artist has not been known. The list opens with Greekartists, and history places at their head Theodoras of Samos, whoengraved the ring of Polycrates. We shall place an asterisk beforethe names of those engravers of whom no work has come downto us. I. Greek Engravers anterior to the Age of Alexander. ?Theodoras of Samos; the ring of Polycrates. *Mnesarchus, father of Pythagoras. Lysander; a warrior armed (early style), with the name of the eng
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