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... century with a scribbled freedom and vigour that raised his work above the average . By the end of the century this type of diamond - point work was su- perseded in popularity by wheel engraving . Germany . In Germany toward the end of ...
... century with a scribbled freedom and vigour that raised his work above the average . By the end of the century this type of diamond - point work was su- perseded in popularity by wheel engraving . Germany . In Germany toward the end of ...
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style continued into the 18th century ; but in the course of that century the levels of artistic and technical compe- tence sank and the tumblers and spirit bottles , which were the main types produced , can be regarded only as objects ...
style continued into the 18th century ; but in the course of that century the levels of artistic and technical compe- tence sank and the tumblers and spirit bottles , which were the main types produced , can be regarded only as objects ...
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... century BC . Archilochus , Alcman , Tyrtaeus , and Callinus in the 7th century , Sappho and others in the early 6th , adapted Homeric phraseology and metre to their own purposes and rhythms . At the same time , scenes from the epics ...
... century BC . Archilochus , Alcman , Tyrtaeus , and Callinus in the 7th century , Sappho and others in the early 6th , adapted Homeric phraseology and metre to their own purposes and rhythms . At the same time , scenes from the epics ...
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