Handbook to the Antiquities in the British Museum: Being a Description of the Remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian, and Etruscan Art Preserved There |
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... character of the art of this period appears to denote , in the Gods , majesty , tran- quillity of posture , and great strength of limbs : in the Athletes , bodily energy and an attempt at portraiture , so far as the positions in which ...
... character of the art of this period appears to denote , in the Gods , majesty , tran- quillity of posture , and great strength of limbs : in the Athletes , bodily energy and an attempt at portraiture , so far as the positions in which ...
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... character of the style of PHEIDIAS was maintained but for a little while after the death of the Master himself : on his death , nay even towards the close of his life , its partial decay had commenced ; and though remarkable beauty and ...
... character of the style of PHEIDIAS was maintained but for a little while after the death of the Master himself : on his death , nay even towards the close of his life , its partial decay had commenced ; and though remarkable beauty and ...
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... character of the material in which different works of art were executed had its own advantage and disadvantage , and no doubt produced considerable effect upon the progress of art . It has been well said , " Let Pheidias have rude and ...
... character of the material in which different works of art were executed had its own advantage and disadvantage , and no doubt produced considerable effect upon the progress of art . It has been well said , " Let Pheidias have rude and ...
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... character of its Art is a witness to the state of society during this period , which exhibits a decadence in harmony with the decay of freedom in the formerly republican states . Heeren has well shown how in the earlier times Art was in ...
... character of its Art is a witness to the state of society during this period , which exhibits a decadence in harmony with the decay of freedom in the formerly republican states . Heeren has well shown how in the earlier times Art was in ...
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... character either of Deities or of mythical Heroes afforded great scope for the display of artistic power . The works of Art of this period now remaining are probably more numerous than those of the earlier ages , but are at the same ...
... character either of Deities or of mythical Heroes afforded great scope for the display of artistic power . The works of Art of this period now remaining are probably more numerous than those of the earlier ages , but are at the same ...
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