Perry, Walter Copland: Greek and Roman sculpture: a popular introduction to the history of Greek and Roman sculpture (London, 1882)

566 ITALIAN ART.

SIXTH PERIOD.

FROM THE FALL OF CORINTH, OL. 158. 2
(B. C. 146), TO THE DECLINE OF ART.—

GRyECO-ROMAN PERIOD.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

ITALIAN {ETRUSCAN) ART} MIGRATION OF
GREEK ART TO ROME.

At the period at which we have now arrived Greek art is about to
leave for ever the home in which her bright youth and glorious matu-
rity had been passed, to live as a captive in a strange land, and serve
in her declining years the whims of a proud master. It is natural to
inquire how the place which she is about to occupy in the Roman
world was filled before her arrival, and to say a few words on that
Italian art, of which, though so little notice is taken of it by Latin
writers, we have considerable remains.

Whatever art-activity existed in Italy in early times, independent
of Greek influence, was derived from Etruria, from which Rome re-

' Our narrow limits will not allow us to
discuss the very difficult question of the
origin of the Etruscans, the most mysterious
people of antiquity. The reader should con-
sult the works of Italian, German and Eng-
lish writers on this subject, of whom we may
especially mention Lanzi, Inghirami, Micali,

K. O. Miiller (Me Etrusker), Isaac Taylor,
and last, not least, George Dennis [Cities
and Cemeteries of Etruria), Interesting ar-
ticles on the subject will be found in the
Times (May 31, 1879), the old Pall Mall
Gazette (Feb. 8, 1879), and the British
Quarterly Rcviav (Oct. 1875).