The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 288
atue, the bust being a modern restoration,and it is of great value to students of ancient bronze workman-ship. The eyeballs, when the statue was first found at Naplesin 1730, were inlaid with silver and the pupils with granite.The lips are gilded, and there was silver and gold on thediadem. The boy… … THE GRAND CENTURYto the Running Girl in style. It is a charmingly gracefuland boyish figure, quite free from self-consciousness. Wenotice that though the body is skilfully wrought, the headis obviously wrong, for the long hair of the bent head wouldhang about his face.* Natural and pleasant as the…
Art, Greek
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