Gardner, Ernest Arthur, 1862-1939 · London, Duckworth and co. · leaf 154
the pedestalupon which it stood. We possess, however, a goodmany more or less direct copies from the statue, thoughit unfortunately happens that their artistic merit isalmost exactly in inverse proportion to their fidelity tothe original from which they are derived. They do notreally give us much… … S.MAI.L CdlV OF ATHENA IA IITHKNOS, IX .MADi:iI) PHIDIAS 91 to imagine what the original must have been like, evenif they preserve us very little of its artistic character. The goddess was represented standing, a figure ofVictory on her extended right hand, her left hand rest-ing upon her shield,…
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