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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.898#0018
VASES.
r e w remains of antiquity have excited more interest than
vases. The variety and the elegance of their forms, the
singularity of the designs, the beauty of the compositions
with which they are adorned, and the important instruction
which the subjects of these pictures convey, have conspired
to render them peculiarly attractive. By attentively study-
ing the stories they record, the scholar has been enabled to
throw much light upon the mythology, the history, the man-
ners and customs of the ancients; the artist has derived high
improvement from copying their beautiful designs; and even
r e w remains of antiquity have excited more interest than
vases. The variety and the elegance of their forms, the
singularity of the designs, the beauty of the compositions
with which they are adorned, and the important instruction
which the subjects of these pictures convey, have conspired
to render them peculiarly attractive. By attentively study-
ing the stories they record, the scholar has been enabled to
throw much light upon the mythology, the history, the man-
ners and customs of the ancients; the artist has derived high
improvement from copying their beautiful designs; and even