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Delphi (1920)

Poulsen, Frederik, 1876-, Richards, G. C. (George Chatterton), 1867-1951 · London : Gyldendal · leaf 129

An illustration from Delphi, 1920, leaf 129
es. The artist of the frieze is,in spite of his archaic style, a master, especially in animalrepresentation. The human figures are small and slenderin comparison with the heavily built, fiery stallions, and incertain parts of the bodies of the horses there is real modellingof the surfaces, though… … Fig. 38.—From the south frieze of the Siphnian Treasury {FouiUes deDelphes, iv, plates ix, x). forms. The veins swell in the horses legs, and theneck-folds lie vigorously on the arched chests. What ismeant by disappearance of colour is seen by the difficultyof separating the now colourless heads of…

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