History of art in primitive Greece; Mycenian art from the French of Georges Perrot ... and Charles Chipiez. Illustrated with five hundred and forty-four engravings in the text, and twenty coloured plates (1894)
Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Gonino, I · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited · leaf 237
d meaning from the above ; it represents the upper part of a woman strongly relieved against two huge wings (Fig. 343). We know from the frescoes at Tiryns what part winged figures played in the decoration of the palace ; 1 if those figures are entirely obliterated, save the wings’ plumes, we are… … Fig. 343. — Terra-cotta idol. perhaps represented by a bronze figure which we engrave full face (Fig. 345) and sideways (Fig. 34b).2 Its origin is doubtful, but it is said to have been found in the Troad. The workmanship is far superior to that of the marble and terra-cotta idols. The features of…
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