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 298 HISTORY OF ART IN PHOENICIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. least in those that graze, the attitude of that quadruped is not ill- grasped on the whole. Our first embarrassment is mainly caused by the artist's desire to enhance the grace of his picture by FIG. 232. Bowl in the Plot Collection. Height 6| inches. exaggerating the length of his horses' legs, and the slenderness of their bodies. Art in its early shapes affords many examples of such deliberate deformities ; and they occur most frequently among FIG. 233. Detail of decoration from a cup. 1 the more gifted races, betraying a secret instinct for beauty which leads the artist, when fully developed and educated, to choose beautiful forms and render them faithfully. 1 Albert Barre Collection ; from the Catalogue, plate 7.