Mach, Edmund von, 1870-1927 · Boston : Ginn · leaf 154
l this chafed under therestraint of space, and made at least the attempt toexplain the compression of the upper right arm whereit ought to project, by having the figure stretch itdown with all her might. This, however, led him intoanother difficulty: such muscular action ought to beexplained by the… … Hera of Samos(Louvre) THE FIRST ATTEMPTS: IN THE ROUND 107 of mind of the person. But that, of course, was beyondthis early artists means. The figure itself, though unmistakably a woman, iscarved in its lower half, where the original shape of theblock permitted no freedom of action, in a rather…
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