The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art (1860)
Falkener, Edward, 1814-1896, Wood, J. E, Davies, Benjamin Rees · London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts · leaf 160
which is attached a piece of dependent drapery. Asimilar appendage is frequently seen on the painted vases, butthis is the only instance among the bas-reliefs of antiquity inwhich it is represented. In a beautiful Greek vase published by Inghirami, we havean Amazon leading a Greek warrior, which,… … L 2 138 ON THE SCULPTURES OF THE to the shield by a bar and rivets, precisely in the mannerindicated in the bas-reliefs. This appendage* may probably have been made of leather,with the eye painted upon it as an emblem of vigilance.On many parts of the sculptures before us we have fainttraces of…
Classical antiquities · Archaeology
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