Chapter GREEK ART.

CHAPTER VIII.

GREEK ART.

Meshiah (humanity) was first freed by the Greeks in form, and by Christ in spirit--Aspect of nature--India, Egypt, and Persia as the component parts of Greek development-- The different dialects of the Greeks--Their mythology-- Traces of intelligible facts and historical events in the Greek myths--Zeus and his character--Prometheus and Faust--The nine muses and their leader--Greek life a continuous festivity--Greek poetry and philosophy--Greek artistic development--The Olympian, Pythian, Nemæan, and Isthmian games--Greek architecture: the temple-- Building materials--Site of temples--Proportion--Plan of temples--The Doric, Ionic, and Korinthian orders and their subdivisions--The Attic style--Greek pottery and Greek sculpture--Different periods--The British Museum and Greek art--Onatas, Ageladas, Kalamis, Pheidias, Praxiteles, Skopas, and Lysippus--The Parthenon-- Aphrodite no longer draped--The groups of Niobe, Laokoön, and the Farnese bull--Causes of the decline of Greek art 153

Chapter ETRUSKAN ART.

CHAPTER IX.

ETRUSKAN ART.

The first settlers in Etruria--Their gods of the first and second orders--The ritual of thunder--Temples and tombs-- Subdivision of tombs--Cinerary chests--Excavations at Præneste--Pottery and metal works--Their style either Archaic or Etruskan--Division of Etruskan works of art into five principal categories 212