onshow Eros as a dainty, mischievous boy, as far re-moved from the lofty dignity of the Olympians asare the pretty, worldly maidens and women. Besides these statuettes, in which delicate charmis the most marked characteristic, there is anotherclass—the realistic figurines and the caricatures.To the… … figures of dwarfs, etcsense of the comic. The manufacture of these statuettes forms an interesting study,processes were as follows: A model was first madein terra-cotta. From this a mold was taken, usuallyin two pieces. This was baked and then used formaking the actual figure, which was prepared…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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