The Negro in Greek and Roman Civilization
Date
1929
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John Hopskins University
Abstract
No barbarian race held as continuous an interest for the
Greek and Roman artist as the Ethiopian. Realistic portraits
of other known races in the classical world are relatively few
and belong usually to the Hellenistic and Roman eras. The
negro, on the other hand, was rendered with the utmost fidelity
to the racial type during the most restrained and idealistic
period of Greek art. Attic vase painters who were content to
indicate Orientals by their dress with scarcely any distinguishing
marks of race, delineated with marked realism the
woolly hair and thick lips of the Ethiopian. From its earliest
appearance the popularity of the type never waned in any
productive period of classical art.
Description
African Document
Keywords
Negro, Greek, Roman Civilization, Barbarian