A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 94
ude, noteven the Aphi-odite, at the finest period of Greek art. The famous Venusof Milo is a half-draped statue ; so is the Pione and Venus of Capua. Thegoddess was not represented nude till Praxiteles set the example in hisVenus of Knidos. The celebrated Venus dei Medici is a nude, but oflater… … 72 A TYPE OF BEAUTY. it necessary to see a great number of beautiful forms before heknew what beauty was; he could not see it all in one figure, buta certain ideal came up in his mind ( lo mi servo di certa ideache mi viene alia niente ) from looking at these many beauties,and he strove to realize…
Sculpture, Ancient
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