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The message of greek art (1915)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York : Macmillan Co. · leaf 213

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for statues not used as architectural decorations. Bothwere Argive in their training, and their work represents Argiverather than Attic ideals. Myron is reputed to have been a fellow-pupil with Phidiasin the studio of the Argive sculptor Ageladas, but while Phidiascompletely drops the Argive theme… … Fig. 79. — Discobolus. Terme, Rome. Art and the Scientists 197 them has been preserved in the form of a Roman copy, togetherwith another statue of a different but related sort. The former,the well-known Discobolus (Fig. 79) or Discus Thrower, seemsto have enjoyed a great reputation in antiquity,…

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