American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 153
compare Baryes horses with antique specimens, such as the horses in theParthenon frieze, and the head of a horse of Hyperion, casts of which are to be found in the Hall ofAntique Sculpture in the same Gallery. Baryes fame as a sculptor rests chiefly on his animals. But his statues of historical… … Lion and Horse. same time these works exhibit the versatility of his genius in a most brilliant light; for while all ofthem are equally realistic, the difference in the treatment of the classical subjects from that of thoseof a romantic nature is apparent at a glance. The grand group of Thcsciis…
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