. My experiences of Cyprus; being an account of the people, mediæval cities and castles, antiquities and history of the island of Cyprus: to which is added a chapter on the present economic and political problems which affect the island as a dependency of the British empire . 2 J < H. S 5 History and Antiquities of the Island. There is also a good collection in theLouvre, Paris. The objects of native makewhich have been found by explorers buriedin the soil are historically valuable, but theyare not beautiful and betray foreign influence,and show no signs of native originality, orinspiration
. My experiences of Cyprus; being an account of the people, mediæval cities and castles, antiquities and history of the island of Cyprus: to which is added a chapter on the present economic and political problems which affect the island as a dependency of the British empire . 2 J < H. S 5 History and Antiquities of the Island. There is also a good collection in theLouvre, Paris. The objects of native makewhich have been found by explorers buriedin the soil are historically valuable, but theyare not beautiful and betray foreign influence,and show no signs of native originality, orinspiration from the living model, and, as Ihave mentioned in a previous chapter, as faras art is concerned this still seems to be thecase. The statues that have been found burledon the sites of the ancient Greek cities aregenerally faulty in proportion, and the ex-pression on the face is either a blank, orelse frankly comic, as the visitor to theCyprus room in the British Museum can seefor himself. Some of them have got such an extra-ordinary grin on their stony features thatone feels inclined to burst out laughing uponbeing confronted with them. A study of such sculpture from Cyprusas has been saved to us bears out, Ithink, my argument (stated above) that these 233 My Experiences of the I
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