Mach, Edmund von, 1870-1927 · Boston : Ginn · leaf 136
sed of many pieces, all of which are castseparately and finally joined together. The ancients,on the contrary, seem to have preferred casting theirfigures in as few pieces as possible. One of the mostrecent acquisitions of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,which consists of the lower half of a… … Artemis of Gabii(Louvre) I MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE 93 lead. This metal has the unpleasant quality of render-ing the molten mass less even, and is therefore rarelyused in modern times; it makes the alloy, however,softer and less brittle, and thus enables the artist toput some finishing touches on the…
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