Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 141
o lived in Rome, must have been better known, and repre-sentations of them may have approached more nearly to truth ofportraiture. There exist, however, only two sculptures of saintswhich can be ascribed to an early period, namely, the marblestatue of St. Hippolytus, dating to about the year 235,… … Fig. 60.—Odysseus and the Sirens. Fragment of an Early Christian Relief. from an inscription formerly upon the base, appears to be a Byzan-tine work of the fifth century {Fig. 59). In attitude and draperythe first of these does not differ materially from the profane worksof the third century; but…
Art, Medieval
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