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also of an archaic style are found on the facades of the rock-hewn
sepulchres, but chiefly on sarcophagi and cinerary urns. The
cinerary urns of Volterra and Perugia are of a later period, and have
more of a Eoman than a Greek character.

Greele and Roman.—Bas-reliefs were executed by the Greeks from
the earliest period of art, and by the Eomans especially in the
early period of the Empire. The same diversity of style will bo

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found m these, according to the period of their execution; the same
attributes, the same traditions in connection with gods and men •
what has been said with regard to the characteristics and distinc-