eshort and thick-set figure. And yet the vigour of the handlingnever goes beyond what is sober and discreet (Fig. 98). Thesame character is to be found in the hands, where joints, bones,and nails are studied with minute care, and in the feet, wherepower of foothold and the shapes of the toes are… … Fig. 97.—The hands of a statue ; from Tello. Louvre. Drawn by Bourgoin. as the crown of the head, is shaved in the fragment in whichit is left bare.1 Under the kind of hat or turban in the other 1 Some may be inclined to think that the bald head may once have been protectedby a covering cut from a…
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