The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 53
at Samos.(The Ixiuvre.) typicalpie of art in Asia, or Ionian art; it showsa tendency to squatness in the forms,but the lines of the body are al- ready indicated under the draperies,which are cast with a certain bold-ness. A similar heaviness of form,combined with great delicacy ofexecution,… … FIG. 43. STATUE OF CHARES. (British Museum.) to the left of the Victory of Samo-thrace (Fig. 44). About the year 550, a family ofsculptors, mentioned by various Greekwriters were working in the isle ofChios. One of them, Achcrmos,invented a new type, that of a wingedgoddess, Victory or Gorgon,…
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