The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 70
ELES. (Museum, Olympia.) meditative art, the most illustriousexponents of which were Praxitelesand Scopas. Praxiteles master, Cephisodotus, isknown to us by a statue of Irene(Peace), carrying the infant Plutus(Riches); there is a good antique copyof the work at Munich (Fig. 75). Thegoddess bends… … -HEAD OF THE HERMES BYPRAXITELES. (Museum, Olympia.) tion has a beauty of which neitherphotographs nor casts can give anadequate idea. A careful examinationof the head reveals two characteristicswhich distinguish it from all othersof the fifth century; first, the hair,treated with a picturesque…
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