Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 286
he countenances of Virgil and Maecenas, ofCicero and Alexander, live only on gems; the Venus of Praxiteles,the head of the Phidian Minerva, the Apoxuomenos of Polycleitus,that triumph of ancient statuary, are to be found only on gems;the restorations of the Venus de Medici and the Laocoon have… … taras. Beryl. ORIGIN AND HISTORY. The period of the invention of the art of engraving on preciousstones is unknown. The art is evidently of the highest antiquity.Some seem to consider that all evidence tends to prove the orientalorigin of this art. Stones have been discovered with inscriptions…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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