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 15
rget this for a mo-ment while looking at them.I can learn of but one Egyp-tian figure sculptured as ifin action ; this is a quoit-thrower in the Tombs of theKings. A sitting statue,whether of a man or a wom-an, had the hands rested on the knees or held across thebreast (Fig. i). There were very few… … Fig. I.—Statue of Cephren inTHE Museum at Cairo. 4 SCULPTURE. one anothers waists or shoulders. Sometimes the principalfigure is of large size, and the inferior persons are mademuch smaller and placed at the sides of the larger figure.In short, very few attitudes are represented in…
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