Author: Arthur Fairbanks

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Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9781332542703

Excerpt from Athenian Lekythoi: With Outline Drawing in Matt Color on a White Ground, Appendix: Additional Lekythoi With Outline Drawing in Glaze, Varnish on a White Ground In connection with my volume on White Lekythoi with Outline Drawing in Glaze Varnish(1907; University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. Vi) my studies of the lekythoi discussed in the present volume were begun more than fifteen years ago. As in the previous volume my object has been to classify such examples as I have been able to study, and to indicate the relations of different classes, in order to lay the foundations for a knowledge of this important branch of vase painting. The problem has been more difficult than in the case of lekythoi drawn in glaze outline, and the classes are not so sharply divided; I believe, however, that the types are fairly definite, and that the classification serves in the main to bring together lekythoi which belong together and must be studied together. Furtwangler-Reichold sIVeissgrundige attische Lekythen with its large and fine reproductions, reached me only when the whole book (except the indices) was electrotyped and ready for the press. For its careful scholarship I can express only my admiration. That my interpretations sometimes differ in detail is to be expected, but a preface gives no opportunity to modify or to defend my views. I cannot refrain from expressing my thanks to the University of Michigan for making place for this volume also in the series in which my other volume appeared, and to John M. Longyear, Esq., whose generous gift to the University of Michigan made possible its publication under these auspices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.