A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 88
proximo Ebori. Alabaster.—Much used by the Egyptians. It was found atAlabastron, on the Mle, whence its name. Hard marbles—from igneous rocks, once in a state of fusionPorphyry. Granite. Rosso antico (red), nero antico (black).Black and green basalt, Sienite, a dark stone, so called fromSyene, the… … SECTION //.—ESTHETIC. IT will have been gathered, from what has been said ofsculpture in general, of the high technical skill necessaryto the various forms of carved and modelled work, and especiallyof the admirable examples of antique and renaissance workin glyptics, that although sculpture is…
Sculpture, Ancient
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