A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 128
uch better done than the human figures : the characterof the bulls, the horses, and the mules is faithfully given, andthere is much feeling for nature in some of the lions in thehunting-scenes. There is no doubt, also, that this naturalisticrealism was carried further by painting the sculptures. In… … VIGOROUS NATURALISM OF THE ASSYRIAN. 105 hands that would seem to have been self-taught, and at libertyto represent as they pleased so that the conventional attributesand symbolic objects were duly made clear. There is scarcelyany regulated use of typical forms; and in the proportions ofthe figures…
Sculpture, Ancient
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