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Companion to Roman history (1912)

Jones, Henry Stuart, 1867-1939 · Oxford : Clarendon · leaf 424

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uman eye represented as though seen in full facewhen it should be in profile. The truth is that Roman artistswere boldly attacking problems whose solution was beyond theirpowers. In perspective, for example, we note the childish expe-dient of placing several rows of heads above one another in… … a. Relief from the Arch of Titus.

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