he-terra-cottas properly speaking, those that have received noglaze or enamel, are, as a rule, less carefully executed, but evenin them we can perceive, though in a less degree, the certaintyof eye, the same promptitude in seizing and rendering the specialphysiognomy of an animal. We feel this very… … Fig. 85.—Recumbent goat. Enamelled earthenware. Actual size.Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. The same desire for precision, or rather comprehension, ofform, is to be found even in those imaginary beings which theartists of Chaldaea and Assyria took such pleasure in multiplying.Although in their…
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