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be seen inprofusion, yet it was not an art centre. No sculptors were established GREEK BRONZES 59 there, nor any of the minor artistic industries, such as the making ofbronze statuettes. Sculptors came there to do only what had to be doneon the spot. Bronze statues—and they were the most… … Fig. 24.—Coin of Elis, representing the Zeus of Pheidias. From an Enlarged Drawing. town that this workshop was retained as a memorial of him for centuries.People went to Olympia to see the sights, to be present at the nationalgames, to hear distinguished literary men read passages of their…
Bronzes, Greek
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