Murray, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1841-1904 · London : Seeley and Co. ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 26
17 the wings and the vertical lines of the drapery as seen in the bronze.The effect was one of balance and stability as against the rapid movementof the figure. There was the contrast also between the feathers of thewings, rigid and flat by nature, and the folds of the dress where theyare thrown… … Fig. 4.—Archaic Bronze Victory. British Museum. and importance of them at all times, but specially because in the olderarts of Egypt and Assyria nothing of the kind had been recognised toany extent ; because the Greeks were the first to indicate the supremeimportance of such things, and because in…
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