The book Arts of the World: Comparative Art Studies was written by author Balch, Edwin Swift, 1856-1927 Here you can read free online of Arts of the World: Comparative Art Studies book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Arts of the World: Comparative Art Studies a good or bad book?
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Sometime after this the Archaic Greek art type slowly arose, and it seems probable that these so-called Dorian invaders had something to do with it. When later the Archaic art type changed into the Hellenic art type, it seems likewise probable that by that time the old Cretan and Mykeiiean native substratum or stock had risen once more to the fore, and that their native art instinct gradually superseded the Dorian lack of art instinct and brought about the great Hellenic art. In regard to the r...acial stem of the Dorians we are still in a more or less conjectural stage. But taking into account the traditions of their inroads from the north, that is from the Balkans, their lack of naturalistic art sense, and the slightly Asiatic cast of features of the Pointed Beard type: it's quite on the cards to suggest that the Dorians were Slavs. In the Archaic period some West Asiatic, possibly Assyrian, and some Egyptian art influence reached Greece. This appears to have been mainly between about 800-500 B.
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