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Greek bronzes (1898)

Murray, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1841-1904 · London : Seeley and Co. ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 35

An illustration from Greek bronzes, 1898, leaf 35
lyforms which was not absolutely necessary to convey the general impression.We may now take a more advanced specimen (Fig. 9)—a figure ofHeracles which was found in the Lake of Falterona in Etruria along with anumber of highly interesting bronzes now in the Museum. It will be seenthat it is almost… … Fig. 8. Archaic Etruscan Statuette. Man carrying a Calf. British Museum. GREEK BRONZES 27 statuette has been attained to a large extent by the sacrifice of exactnessand precision in the details of the bodily forms and by an extraordinarydegree of exaggeration. The sculptor was not ignorant of the…

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