ransparent tunic, there is a sensuous fascination suggestive ofOriental influence. In no other monument of antique sculpt-ure do we find combined such strength, and at the same timesuch delicacy and subtlety of touch. It has the severe andgrand charm of the age of Phidias, and at the same time it… … ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE. IN the exhibition of the Paris Salon of 1831, the public wascharmed and fascinated by a half life-size group represent-ing: a Tig-er devouring; a Crocodile. With ears laid back andeyes gleaming savagely, the tiger grasps the reptile with hiscruel talons, and bites furiously…
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