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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 363

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tely elegantoutlines at once suggest themost finished works of theclose of the fifth century B.C.The still hieratic attitude, themajestic fall of the folds of thecostume seem to be a sort ofconcession made to the severetraditions of the fifth centuryB.C., while the face has all thegrace of the… … Fig. 134.bronze from tarentum. I BRONZES AND JEWELS. 351 few antique bronzes superior to this statuette in thefinish of their modelling and in the successful attemptto present individual types. The art of bronze-working soon followed sculpturein the way opened up by the masters of the newAttic…

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