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A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)

Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 117

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p. 116) by SirC. Eastlake, P.R.A., in which is pointed out the principle ofsuppressing the relief within the extreme contour which, withthe strong marking of the outline itself, mainly constitutes thestyle of basso-relievo. It follows, as will readily be seen, thatsince foreshortening is the… … Fig. 45a.—Lion Hunt : Part of an Assyrian Bas-eelief.From Nimroud.

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