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Greek architecture (1892)

Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903, Redford, George, d. 1895 · Meadville, Penna. : Flood and Vincent : Chautauqua-Century Press · leaf 71

An illustration from Greek architecture, 1892, leaf 71
described the various materials and methods em-ploy»(l in sculptural art, we are in a condition to classify thediflcrcnt forms adopted, and arrange them under the properterms. All sculpture is measurable ; and it has three dimensions-height, widtli, and depth. Sculpture in the round, /. e.statuarj… … Fig. 81.—Ai,to-rei,ievo. Oxk of the Metopes of the Parthekon. SCULPTURE IN GENERAL. 65 forms being rounded as in nature. If the work is very littleraised, the forms being not so projecting as in nature, it iscalled Jlat-}-eHcf or stiacciafo. If more raised, but not free from the ground in anj^…

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