A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 162
emarks upon -thesilence of writers, with the exception of Dodwell, upon theirmerits; pointing out, also, how completely they anticipatedthe Parthenon sculptures in the original conception of theCentaur, which till then had heen represented in the mostarchaic fashion as an animal with a complete… … Fig. 77.—Metope; Theseus overcoming the Wrestler Kerkyon. are made to flow and assume every variety of direction in accord-ance with the subject, and by their arrangement to set off thefigure to the greatest advantage. It is, therefore, important to understand that these sculpturesof the Theseium…
Sculpture, Ancient
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