Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903, Redford, George, d. 1895 · Meadville, Penna. : Flood and Vincent : Chautauqua-Century Press · leaf 69
isknown to liave l»een tliat employed l»y the greatest master ofthe art—Phidias, for his grand colossal statues of Zeus andAthene in the temples of those gods. Tiiis is called ChryHde-phantinc, on account of the combined use of gold {<:hrijm>t) andivory (c/rph(tt<), the nude parts of the… … Figs. 78, 7J, 80.—Showing the Supposed Method of Wokking IvoryIN pieces laid on. thick pieces (Figs. 78, 79, 80). ^Much interesting research hasbeen given to this form of sculpture, by De Quincy especially,but it is not necessary to enter into details which are so largelyconjectural. Wood. Statues…
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