Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 52
es, when it is not laden with allthese aspects of tenderness and fury by which lifereveals itself. The depths of the sculpture undulateheavily, as if to force back into the moving eternityof primitive matter the still unformed beings thatattempt to emerge from it. We see writhing larvae,vague… … Elephanta (viii Century). Colossal head. 26 MEDIEVAL ART not attempt to find in it the scientific modeling of theEgyptians or the philosophic modeling of Phidias,although Egypt and, to a greater degree, the Greecebrought in by Alexander, profoundly influenced thefirst Buddhistic sculptors, perhaps…
Art
Internet Archive · Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
