 | 1907 - 460 pages
...and aesthetic side. Mr. Havell is at his best in his picture of the crowds of bathers on the Ghats. " Here the student " may read a living commentary, more...statuettes of " Tanagra, and the frescoes of Pompeii." The temples and their myriad idols, the crowds of bathers, the procession round the sacred Panchkosi... | |
 | 1907 - 240 pages
...Mr. Havell is at his best in his picture of the crowds of bathers on the Ghats. " Here the stndent " may read a living commentary, more convincing than...might have served for the Panathenaic frieze, the statnettes of " Tanagra, and the frescoes of Pompeii." The temples and their myriad idols, the crowds... | |
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The value of the book, then, lies in its artistic and aesthetic side. Mr. Havell is at his best in his picture of the crowds of bathers on the Ghats. " Here the student " may read a living commentary, more convincing than any record ever written, " painted,... 