A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 205
Fig. 98.—Frieze of the Temple at Phiga.lia (27^ in. high). Brit. Mus. Government for £15,000 and brought here in 1815, when theywere put together by Mr. Westmacott. Opinions of critics differas to the merits of these sculptures. Flaxman thought theywere of the same age as the Parthenon, but… … Fig. 99.—Fhieze ekom the Temple of Phigalia. 182 STYLE OF THE PHIGALIA SCULPTURES. work generally, though in parts of the draperies equal to them; but in proportions they are unequal to the Parthenon marbles,which possess truth united with form, which is the essence ofsculpture. Mr. G. Scharf…
Sculpture, Ancient
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