Mach, Edmund von, 1870-1927 · Boston : Ginn · leaf 196
g the gradual advance of sculpture thereduring a period of almost a century. The majority ofthese statues are of Athenian origin, so that in usingthem in this connection one runs the danger of con-fusing the tendencies of a local school with the largeprinciples governing the whole of Greece. This… … Akropulis Figure(Athens) SKILL BEFORE FREEDOM OF CONCEPTION 145 During the excavations on the Akropolis of Athensfrom 1885 to 1891, when every cubic foot of soil wasturned over, some thirty draped female figures werefound. They had been broken by the Persians in480 B.C., and had been buried by the…
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