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 386
uppereyelid, the fourth-century artists greatly enhanced their com-mand of expression and emotion, transient qualities after whichthe fifth century had not greatly cared to strive. Scopas,indeed, carried this discovery to the verge of the legitimate,for the few incomplete fragments of his work… … THE FOURTH CENTURYsupports, such as tree-trunks, pillars, and urns, have to be in-troduced into marble statues in the round. Thus it becameinevitable to make the figure lean frankly upon his support,and thus we get those graceful reclining attitudes which areoften cast in the teeth of Praxiteles as…
Art, Greek
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