Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 160
VENUS OF A ROMAN PERIOD. 138 HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGY. According to Flaxman, the Venus de Medici is a deteriorated varietyor repetition of a Venus of Praxiteles. Even in this age, the tastefor Etruscan art still retained its influence, as the colossus of Apollo, … in bronze, of excellent workmanship, placed in the library of thetemple of Augustus, was an Etruscan work. Under Tiberius andClaudius a limit was placed to the right of having statues exposedin public ; consequently a lesser number of statues were made, andless attention was paid to the perfection…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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