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 92
layful, mocking pictures not unlikesome of our own day. This boy andgoose are of the same spirit, and isintended as a parody on the repre-sentations of Hercules strugglingwith the Nemean lion, which hadbeen represented many times byGreek artists. The boy seems to beworking as hard as any giant… … Fig. 55.—Boy AND Goose. BOETHUS OF CHALCEDON. 8i ior this reason are attributed to Boethus. The Spinario, orThorn-extractor, in the museum of the Capitol, at Rome,is one of the most charmingpieces of genre statuary inexistence (Fig. 56). It represents a boy takinga thorn from his foot. His•attitude…
Sculpture -- History
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
