An outline history of sculpture for beginners and students, with complete indexes and numerous illustrations (1893)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, F.A. Stokes · leaf 113
he people among whomhe lived and sang. Among the Romansportrait sculpture helda position of impor-tance. This people hadalways placed greatvalue upon the like-nesses of the dead, andfrom the earliest timeshad used differentmeans of making them.In the very early daysof the nation the cus-tom… … Fig, 68.—Portrait Statue ofSophocles. I02 SCULPTURE. masks was to have an exact resemblance to the dead ; andthis idea was carried on through all the eras of Roman art,and is a strong distinguishing feature between Greek and Roman sculpture ; forwhile the Greeks wish-ed to reproduce theface of one…
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