Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 156
AXTTELES. tributed to advance this style by the peculiar fulness, roundness,and harmonious general effect, by which it appears that his workswere characterized. The following are some of the more particular characteristicsof the human form, adopted by the Grecian sculptors of this In the profile,… … VENUS OF CNIDOS — PKAXITELES. delicacy to the face. The forehead was low, the eyes large, but notprominent A depth was given to the eye to give to the eyebrow a SCULPTURE. 135 finer arch, and by a deeper shadow, a bolder relief. To the eyes aliving play of light was communicated, by a sharp…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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