A Handbook of Greek and Roman sculpture : to accompany a collection of reproductions of Greek and Roman sculpture (1905)
Mach, Edmund von, 1870-1927, University Prints (Winchester, Mass.) · Boston, Bureau of University Travel · leaf 73
n in which the figureshave been moving. Exactly the same is found a centurylater in Eurydike, Plate 179, but of course more cleverlymanaged. The hind legs of Pegasos, sprung as the storysays from the blood of Medusa, are elongated so that theymay reach the ground and fill an empty space. This also… … ARCHAIC SCULPTURE, 49 occurs again in the fifth century in the case of a centaur fromthe Phigaleia frieze, Plate 172. The kneehng position of Medusa may suggest her hastyflight and in that case be comparable to the attitude of thefigure from Delos, Plate 32. It may, however, also be adevise of the…
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