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 285
AyaX/,tarw;^, iyKavarai, yjivawTai koX Bafeig.—PluTARCH, de Glor. Athen. 252 POLYCHROxMY OF SCULPTURE. sculpture at Tlos, representing Bellerophon mounted on Pegasus,shows how colour was employed to complete the work of thesculptor. The body of the horse is quite smooth to the touch,but a bright… … The couch draperies of the sculptures from a rock-tomb atMyra display patterns and figures of animals in colour only,without the slightest indication on the part of the sculptor:copies of these are also to be seen in the Lycian room of theBritish Museum. Professor Midler expressed the greatest…
Classical antiquities · Archaeology
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