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NATURAL HISTORY 73
very primitive point of view; the fullness of form is characteristic of the late
seventh century, but the scheme itself is still that of the geometric period.
All the walking horses of Protocorinthian and early Corinthian vases are
incorrectly drawn in this way.1
A distinct advance on this stage is achieved in the middle Corinthian period;
witness the horses on some of the gorgoneion cups, on the Timonidas vase,
on the 'Satyr' vase in the Louvre, and on many light-ground craters (fig.
18 e-f and pis. 32, 34).2
The legs are still generally too long, as often in the seventh century, but
the character of the scheme is changed by the partial freeing of one fore-leg
a b
Fig. 19. a, from no. 1475; b, from no. 1447.
from the weight of the body; the position is not simply more nearly in
conformity with nature; it gives an entirely new rhythm to the figure.
The progress which took place in the late Corinthian period can be
measured from a comparison figs. 19 a-b, 37 (c. 570-560 b.C.) with the figures
just discussed. The proportions now approach the normal for the first time,
and there is evidence of an increased appreciation of structure.3 As an Attic
parallel one would choose the Burgon amphora rather than the Francois vase.4
Types more or less similar to that of fig. 19, a or b, occur on many red-
ground vases; several are illustrated on pis. 40-43. The craters nos. 1452-4
show a slightly earlier form;5 the oinochoe pi. 39, 1 one which is perhaps
even later, and which reminds one not a little of Caeretan vases.
1 Cf. also the crater pi. 33, 5, which dates from the 4 Nearchos' horses are definitely in advance of
very beginning of the sixth century. those of fig. 37.
2 Cf. also the pinakes a.D. i, pi. 7, 21 (Jahrbuch 5 a little earlier still are the protomes on nos.
1897, 23) and pi. 8, 5. 1047-8, 1153 a. They correspond roughly to the
3 Further, in fig. 37, we have perhaps the earliest type of the Francois vase. Cf. also the Cretan mitrae
example of the standing type. (p. 91, note 10).
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very primitive point of view; the fullness of form is characteristic of the late
seventh century, but the scheme itself is still that of the geometric period.
All the walking horses of Protocorinthian and early Corinthian vases are
incorrectly drawn in this way.1
A distinct advance on this stage is achieved in the middle Corinthian period;
witness the horses on some of the gorgoneion cups, on the Timonidas vase,
on the 'Satyr' vase in the Louvre, and on many light-ground craters (fig.
18 e-f and pis. 32, 34).2
The legs are still generally too long, as often in the seventh century, but
the character of the scheme is changed by the partial freeing of one fore-leg
a b
Fig. 19. a, from no. 1475; b, from no. 1447.
from the weight of the body; the position is not simply more nearly in
conformity with nature; it gives an entirely new rhythm to the figure.
The progress which took place in the late Corinthian period can be
measured from a comparison figs. 19 a-b, 37 (c. 570-560 b.C.) with the figures
just discussed. The proportions now approach the normal for the first time,
and there is evidence of an increased appreciation of structure.3 As an Attic
parallel one would choose the Burgon amphora rather than the Francois vase.4
Types more or less similar to that of fig. 19, a or b, occur on many red-
ground vases; several are illustrated on pis. 40-43. The craters nos. 1452-4
show a slightly earlier form;5 the oinochoe pi. 39, 1 one which is perhaps
even later, and which reminds one not a little of Caeretan vases.
1 Cf. also the crater pi. 33, 5, which dates from the 4 Nearchos' horses are definitely in advance of
very beginning of the sixth century. those of fig. 37.
2 Cf. also the pinakes a.D. i, pi. 7, 21 (Jahrbuch 5 a little earlier still are the protomes on nos.
1897, 23) and pi. 8, 5. 1047-8, 1153 a. They correspond roughly to the
3 Further, in fig. 37, we have perhaps the earliest type of the Francois vase. Cf. also the Cretan mitrae
example of the standing type. (p. 91, note 10).
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