The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 98
FIG. 127.—INTERIOR OF THE SMALL TEMPLEOF BAALBEK, SYRIA. fourth centuries; they even imitatedarchaic works; and in their paintingsand bas-rehcfs they represented calmand occasionally idyllic scenes (Fig.128). This tendency was at its height inthe time of Augustus ; it is very evident … FIG. 128.—LIONESS AND YOUNG. Bas-relief in the Vienna Museum.(Wickhoffs Roman Arl^ Heinemann, London.) in the beautiful fragments of the Altarof Peace (B.C. 13), the minute workman-ship of which suggests the art of thechaser of metal (Fig. 129), and in theportraits of the time of Augustus,notably…
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