Murray, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1841-1904 · London : Seeley and Co. ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 76
Fig. 26.—Hermes by Praxiteles. Olympia. think, be traced to any other than Praxiteles himself. Similarly, themotive or action of the Hermes is exactly of that very slight kind whichwe expect from that sculptor more than any other. Hermes, as we now GREEK BRONZES 67 know, had held up in his right… … Fig. 27.—Marble Statue. Apollo Sauroctonos. Louvre. foil to the delicate modelling of the bodily forms. And when we thinkof it, that was a great change from the treatment of drapery in theParthenon sculptures, where the presence of drapery is never accidental,but always shares in the dignity and…
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