A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 82
up. It was worn some-times fastened at the throat with a brooch, and often carriedcarelessly on the arm, allowing part to fall round the hips, asin the fine statue of Thalia (Fig. 40). To follow out the subjectof dress would involve more space than can be given to it here,and it is not necessary,… … Fig. 40.—Thalia, the Muse of Comedy. Wearing the chiton and peplos ; and holding the pedum. In the British Museum. 60 PRINCIPLES OF DRAPERY. . Drapery should be observed as having the following character-istic disposition in bas-reliefs and statues :—• 1. Hanging in perpendicular folds or pleats,…
Sculpture, Ancient
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