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Show Greek Gl eel ( Perfection Pel fection FOllnd Found Foundto FOllndto to Have Numerous Numel ous Faults . Ancients Were as Prone to toErrors toErrors Errors as Ourselves . New YorkGreek York-Greek York Greek York - -Greek Greek - Greek perfectIon perfectionidealized , Ideal1zed idealized for centuries centurles , is in re- re real1ty reality re reality - - ality al1ty a myth of Renaissance orIgm origin originaccording , accordmg according to Prof William B Dms- Dms Dmsmoor Dmsmoor Dins-moor Dins moor - moor , authority authonty on the architec arclutec- arclutec architec- arclutecture architecture architecture - ture of the Acropolis Acropol1s at Athens Athenswho , who asserts that there are many manyflaws manyflaws manyflaws flaws in m classical classlcal clvll1zatIon civilization clvll1zatIonwluch civilizationwhich civilizationwhich wluch which discount dlSCOunt its "inhuman inhuman "mhuman mhuman " EU- EU su- su EUperlonty superiority su superiority - - periority perlonty " "The The " Athenians Athemans in their age of ofglory ofglory ofglory glory were as prone to error as asourselves asourselves asourselves ourselves , " says Professor Dms- Dms Dmsmoor Dmsmoor Dins-moor Dins moor - moor who will wlll describe recent recentarcheologlcal recentarcheological recentarcheological archeologlcal archeological discoveries dlSCOVerIes m lD in the Co- Co Columbia Co Columbia . - lumbia lumbla university unlverslty summer session * , ' Their Thelr accountants made arith arlth- arlth arrth arlthmehcal arithmetical - metical mehcal errors , , their treasurers treasurersspeculated treasurersspeculated treasurersspeculated speculated with Wlth the state funds and andset andset andset set fire to the bank banIc to conceal the theembezzlement theembezzlement theembezzlement embezzlement ; ; their thelr masons made - - - - - - clerical clerlcal errors of measurement and andmlsmterprcted andmisinterpreted andmisinterpreted mlsmterprcted misinterpreted their spec specifications cabons . "Their Their "Thelr Thelr " contractors supphed supplied supphedcracked suppliedcracked suppliedcracked cracked and mended blocks even evenfor evenfor evenfor for the Parthenon ; their engineers engineersunderestImated engineersunderestimated engineersunderestimated underestImated the strength of ofstone ofstone ofstone stone and overestimated overestunated the thestrength thestrength thestrength strength of iron , , and did dld not hesitate hesi hesi- hesitate hesitate - tate to clothe iron non construction constructionWIth constructionwith constructionwith WIth stone in a way that we are aretold aretold aretold told is 15 aesthetically aesthebcally dishonest ; m in mshort inshort mshort short short , , , they were intensely mtensely human . * , ' The fact that there is 15 so much muchground muchground muchground " ground for the claims clauns of perfec perfec- perfectlon perfection perfection - - tion tlon made for them adds zest to tofinding tofinding tofinding finding the flaws , " added Doctor DoctorDlDsmoor DoctorDinsmoor DoctorDmsmoor DlDsmoor Dinsmoor . Sculpture ScnJpture PaintedInvesbgltors PaintedInvestigators Painted PaintedInvestigators Investigators Invesbgltors : of Greek sculpture sculptureand sculptureand sculptureand and architecture arclutecture are now attempting attempt attempt- attempting attempting - - ing to determine the kind and ex- ex extent extent ex extent - - tent of coloring used by the Greeks Greekson Greekson on their buildings bUlldmgs and statues , ac- ac according according ac according - - cording to Doctor Dmsmoor , who whohas whohas whohas has spent nearly sixteen years yearsworkmg yearsworking yearsworking workmg working on the site of anclent ancient anclentAthens ancientAthens ancientAthens Athens . When Greek sculpture was re- re redIscovered rediscovered re rediscovered - discovered at the end of the Mid Mid- Middle Middle Middle - , dle ages , , such coloring as there thereonce thereonce thereonce once was had been dissipated chsslpated by bytime bytime bytime time , , giving glvmg rise to the belle belief beliefthat beliefthat ! that the Greeks used stone In lts its ltsnatural itsnatural itsnatural natural color . , Professor Dinsmoor Dmsmoor Dmsmoorsaid Dinsmoorsaid Dmsmoorsaid said . He added that more recent recent- recently recently recently - ly traces of paint were d1scovered discovered discoveredon d1scoveredon on some works , and the idea was washeld washeld washeld held for tor a time tune that the Greeks Greekshad Greekshad Greekshad had been lavish in covering covermg sculp sculp- sculpture sculp- sculp sculpture sculpture - - ture and buildings bwIdmgs with Wlth color . " "We We " are now coming commg to the con con- conclusion conclusion - . clusion elusion that probably they pre pre- preserved pre- pre preserved preserved - - served their 'golden golden ' ' ' mean In thIS thISsphere thissphere thussphere sphere , too , and that figures instone in instone initone stone , for example , , were painted paintedonly paintedonly paintedonly only as to eyes and hair and the theborders theborders theborders borders of drapery . Temples and andother andother andother other buildings were painted pamted only onlytoward onlytoward onlytoward toward the top where there were wereflgures werefigures werefigures flgures figures that were heavily hea\ hea heay y \ ' shad shadowed . " owed and therefore needed accen accen- - - ' " - - - - - tuating , . , " Doctor Dmsmoor ex- ex explamed explained ex explained - - plained plamed . . Professor Dmsmoor described descrlbed the thestudles thestudies thestudies studles studies of ot archeologists archeologlsts as "a a " kInd kIndof kindof kindof of scholarly detective work " Clews Clewsto Clewsto Clewsto to important unportant discoveries dlscoverles are often oftenfound oftenfound oftenfound found purely by accident , , as was wasrecently wasrecently v/asrecently v asrecently / recently the case with Wlth the traces tracesof tracesof tracesof of a civilization clvll1zal1on which WhlCh c\isted c isted c'lsted clsted existed \ ' m in mnorthwest innorthwest mnorthwest northwest India Ind1a some 4 500 years yearsago yearsago yearsago ago , , he explained explamed "An An " expedibon expedition expedibonfinanced expeditionfinanced expeditionfinanced financed by Americans Ameneans is now lD in lDIndla inIndia mIndia Indla India investigating mvestIgatlng a city whose whoseI whosename whosename whosename I name even is not yet known , , and andwhose andwhose whose " , hose existence eXlstence was scarcely sus- sus suspected suspected sus suspected - - pected pected"Beneath "Beneath Beneath " the floor of ot a medH medieval medievaltemple medievaltemple val valtemple temple which was being bemg dug up In in1922 1922 by an archeologist archeologlst interestedm mterestedlD mterested interested lD m medieval medleval remains remams , was discov dlscov- dlscov discov- dlscovered discovered discovered - - ered an ancient wall , , the first indi mw- mw indi- indication mwcabon indication - cation cabon known of ot this civilization . . . "However However " , , some mysterIous mysterIousseals mysteriousseals mysteriousseals seals , , marked in an undeclpherable undecipherable undeclpherablelanguage undecipherablelanguage undecipherablelanguage language and decorated with wlth ele- ele eleph elephants ele elephants - ph phants ants and water buffalo , half a adozen adozen adozen dozen of which WhlCh had been found m mMesopotamIan ml4esopotamian mMesopotamian MesopotamIan l4esopotamian cities cltIes like llke K1Sh Kish Kishcould , could not be identified ldcnbfied until the thedIscovery thediscovery thediscovery dIscovery of ot this thlS city in India Indiawhere , where identical Idenbcal seals were found . . Elaborate Baths"We Baths"We Baths Baths"We "We We " know that a very highly hlghly de- de developed developed de developed - - veloped clv civilization lzahon eXlst existed d about about2500 2500 or 2600 B C on this Indian IndiansIte Indiansite Indiansite sIte , for one thing because of ot the theelaborate theelaborate theelaborate elaborate public publlc baths and other othercomplex othercomplex othercomplex complex bu buildings dmgs The baths are arereally arereally arereally really not matched anywhere else elseuntll elseuntil elseuntil untll until we come down m in time to un- un unperlal im sin imperial - . perial perlal Rome The building bwldmg mate mate- materIal material - . rial was brick brlck " Doctor Dmsmoor Dinsmoor said that the thereligion therehgion rel.1glon rel1glon religion . of ot the people who buIlt buIltand builtand builtand and inhabited mhablted the ancient city was wasas wasas wasas as yet unknown , , since smce no temples templeshave templeshave templeshave have so far been unearthed Ap- Ap Apparently Apparently Ap-I Ap I - - - parently floods were the mam main mamcause maincause maincause cause of the city's citys ' bunaL burIal . , waters watershavmg watershaving watershaving havmg having swept through the streets streetscovering , covermg covering the buildings bUlldmgs with sand sandWhICh sandwhich sandwhich WhICh is divided dIvlded in lD several scveral great greatmounds greatmounds greatmounds mounds . . "The The " sculpture that has come to tollght tolight tolight llght light in m this tIus city of Indus , , though thoughmterestmg thoughinteresting thoughinteresting mterestmg interesting and nearest in llkeness likeness likenessto llkenessto to Sumenan Sumerlan Sumerian art , , has none of ot the themtrInS1C theintrinsic theintrinsic mtrInS1C intrinsic beauty of the Greek or orof orof orof of the examples found m lD in Ur of the theChaldees theChaldees theChaldees Chaldees , " Doctor Dmsmoor com com- commented commented commented - mented . Other exciting recent discover dIscover- dIscoveries discoveries - . ies fes , , be he pomted pointed out out , , have mcluded included mcludedthe includedthe includedthe the rock paintings paintmgs found in Indla India Indlalast Indialast Indialast last year , , which archeologists were wereable wereable wereable able to date because animals anunals were werepIctured werepictured werepictured pIctured which later chsappeared disappeared disappearedfrom chsappearedfrom disappearedfrom from the earth . . Rock pamtmgs paintings pamtmgsdatmg paintingsdating pamtmgsdating datmg dating back to the Stone age are arebeing arebeing arebeing being found everywhere along the theMediterranean theMediterranean theMediterranean Mediterranean , including mcludmg North NorthAfrlca NorthAfrica NorthAfrica Afrlca Africa , Doctor Dmsmoor Dinsmoor said sald . . |
