A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 161
sculptured friezes in high relief at the east and westends, are still in their ancient position. Figs. 76 to 79 show someof them, and casts of the whole series are in the British Museum.The subjects of the frieze are, at the east end, the battle of thegods and the giants, and at the west Theseus… … FiG. 76.—Metope ; from the Temple of Theseus, 29 in, high. ordinary advance there is in these figures from the style of the^ginetan statues; the forms are well-proportioned, the headnot too large, and the muscles displayed in the swelling, life-like movement of muscles in action. The one fissure in…
Sculpture, Ancient
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