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 42
tood on theAcropolis of that city. Thiscow was represented as in theact of lowing, and was elevatedupon a marble base. It wascarried from Athens to Rome,where it stood in the Forum ofPeace. Many writers mention-ed this work of Myrons, andthirty-seven epigrams were writ-ten concerning it.Though the… … Fig. 22.—The Discobolus. GREEK SCULPTURE—CALAMTS. 31 a very accurate one, and was found on the Esquiline Hill atRome in A.D. 1782 ; our illustration is made from thisstatue. Myrons great skill in representing the humanfigure in excited action is well shown in the quoit-thrower.To make such a figure…
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