The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 20
the western pediment to Alcamenes, who, according toanother text, was a native of Lemnos. A Greek copy of a head of Hermes by Alcamenes,authenticated by an inscription, has recently been excavated at Pergamum, and seems toprove that, as had been already suggested, the Alcamenes of the Olympian… … BAS-RELIEF, THE ACROPOLIS, ATHENS. Fourth Century B.C. THE ORIGIN OF ART Art a Social Phenomenon.—The Art of the Savage and of the Child akin.—PrimitiveManifestations of the Artistic Instinct.—Art in the Quaternary Period.—The Art ofthe Reindeer Hunters.—Prehistoric Paintings in Cave Dwellings.—The…
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