The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special references to its use in art (1900)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, G. H. (George Henry) · New York : American Book · leaf 197
nts of Greek artwe must add the frieze of the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae,near Phigalia, in Arcadia, whrch was discovered in 1812, and is nowin the British Museum. It represents, likewise, a series of the mostvivid scenes ^rom the battle of the Lapithae and Centaurs. In the 13 194 GREEK… … Fig. 49.—From the Frieze of the Temple at Bassae. Besides these sculptures in relief, some splendid single statues ofCentaurs have come down to us from antiquity. Among these, thefirst place must be assigned to the two Centaurs in the CapitolineMuseum. They are executed in black marble, and were…
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