Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval (1843)
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842 · London : M. A. Nattali · leaf 307
htime would be nearly, if not quite, takenup in the execution of the tomb, andsome other statues about it now de-stroyed, together with the rich pedes-tals and enclosure. The architecture ofthe tomb has a mixture of Romanarches and decoration very ditferentfrom the arches of the chapel, whichare… … MODERN SCULPTURE. 229 Mediaeval sculpture ought not to becriticised in reference to the Grecian;which regards only the human figurein nudity. Both the design and thetaste were toto coelo distinct. The oneobject was the human figure deified;the other excluded perfection of person,and considered only…
Classical antiquities · Civilization, Medieval
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