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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 236

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ed horses and oxenadmirably. Possibly some ofthose preserved in the Hall ofAnimals in the Vatican may beworks of this sculptor. Under the Antonines arose theoutrageous fashion of representingnoble Pomans and their wives asdeities, and this was carried sofar that the men are not unfre-quently nude… … GREEK WORKMEN FOR THE ROMANS. 213 condition of sculpture at that time. The numerous sarcophagi,some made by Greek sculptors for the Eoman market, andothers by those working at Rome, are other examples of thefeeble style of imitators and workmen actuated by no knowledgeor feeling for art. Some of…

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