The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 54
Lou\Te.) it in art (Fig. 46). The Egyptian andAssyrian divinities have too little ofhumanity to smile; they either grimaceor look out stolidly at the spectator.In the Nike of Delos, we see an artwhich is no longer content to imitateforms; it is seeking after, and begin-ning to express, sentiment,… … FIG. 45,—RECONSTRUCTION OF AN ARCHAIC STATUE OF nikfT. Found at Dclos. (Museum, Athens.) of debris accumulated by the Persiansin 480 B.C., we possess a whole seriesof statues of this school. As they re-present neither Gorgons nor Victories,but Orantes, they are closely veiled, andare not running;…
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