Gardner, Percy: The principles of Greek art (London, 1924)

PREFACE

In 1905 I published a little work called A Grammar of
Greek Art, intended to set forth the leading principles to be
traced in the surviving monuments of ancient Hellas, archi-
tecture, sculpture, and painting. The present book is an
enlargement of the Grammar. Chapters I—XII, XVIII,
XXI have been mostly rewritten, IV and XI being quite
new. The other chapters have been revised and corrected.
Twenty-five new illustrations are added, and the bulk of
the book increased by about a third. The title is altered
from Grammar to Principles, as I found that the former
title was misunderstood.

At present, as every one knows, Greek studies and the
Greek element in education are falling back, and there is
a danger of the immense value of the legacy of Hellas to
the modern world being underrated. Against this tendency
I am anxious to contend, side by side with my friends the
lovers of Greek literature, and indeed with all humanists
in every country.

The illustrations in the text are of a varied character.'
Each of them was chosen, not for its own sake, but to illus-
trate some principle. I have had to borrow from many
sources; in every case in which it seemed necessary to ask
for permission to copy, such permission was readily and
kindly granted. My sister, Miss Alice Gardner, has kindly
supplied the index.

PERCY GARDNER.

Oxford,
September, 1913.