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The
Roman
genius,
so
clearly
recognizable
in
every
other
sphere
of
human
activity,
becomes
oddly
elusive
when
we
ask
whether
there
was
a
characteristic
Roman
style
in
the
fine
arts.
Why
is
this
so?
The
most
obvious
reason
is
the
great
admiration
the
Romans
had
for
Greek
art
of
every
period
and
variety.
Not
only
did
they
import
originals
of
earlier
date
-
Archaic,
Classical,
and
Hellenistic
-
by
the
thousands,
and
have
them
copied
in
even
greater
numbers;
their
own
production
was
clearly
based
on
Greek
sources,
and
many
of
their
artists,
from
Republican
times
to
the
end
of
the
Empire,
were
of
Greek
origin.
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