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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 204

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ding a fillet about hishead, is undoubtedly a copy of the Diadumenus ofPolycleitus, also reproduced in the bronze figured inour text (Fig. 66).f The style is of exquisite refine-ment ; the hair is treated in irregular curls. It isknown that at this point the Argive master broke * The Amazon of the… … liipii mmmmm Fig. 60.—copy of the diadumenus of polycleitus.(Rronze of the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris.) IQ2 GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY. with the traditions of archaic sculpture, which werestill followed by his contemporaries.v Ancient criticism declared that no one surpassedPolycleitus in refinement of…

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