Gardner, Ernest Arthur, 1862-1939 · London : Duckworth and co.; New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 430
endering of sinews and veins,and the restless and mobile brow, there is a contrast tothe restraint and moderation which is never absent fromfourth-century work, even if it be as vigorous as theTegea heads or the portrait oi Alexander. The moderneflFect produced by such a head as this, in which New… … IIKAO (IF \VAKin(ll;, IX BKITISH MUSKU-M r,,J,ii;- p. 250 HELLENISTIC SCULPTURE 251 why such things are not found in Hellenic art is notbecause earlier sculptors could not, but because theywould not produce them. Whether their notions ofthe limitations of the sculptors art be right or wrong,it can…
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