Smith, S. C. Kaines (Solomon Charles Kaines) · London : James Nisbet · leaf 337
hairis blocked out in masses of light and shade, withfree, simple strokes of the chisel, producing the effectof closely curling locks, but entirely devoid ofdetail. The strong tooth left on the marble is inmarked contrast to the fine finish of the fleshsurface, in which the suppleness and… … HERMES OF PRAXITELES ^ r, i THE SPIRIT OF UNREST 291 of surface plays its part in the ultimate effect.The structure of the form beneath the skin is sug-gested with certainty and truth, not brought to thesurface with laboured care, as, for example, in theAeginetan sculptures of a century earlier.…
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