Audiences : a few suggestions to those who look and listen (1896)
Holden, Florence P., 1870- · Chicago : A.C. McClurg · leaf 56
gure the hands are raised ona level with the forehead, giving an indication of intellectual control and an impression of intellectuality to the entirepose. The hands are firm and active.The lyre is held securely. The righthand, which has just left the strings,shows clearly a certain mastery in… … THE YOUNG SOPHOCLES. SCULPTURE 47 head and the left one thrown somewhatback at the shoulder, which, relaxed asthe muscles are, indicates an abandonment of grief that is very effective. Thelyre is just hung on the right thumb,pending by its own weight, for the handhas no grasp, and no vitality…
Aesthetics
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