Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works ; a handbook (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 440
Antwerp in 1645. Myron. This celebratedGreek sculptor was a nativeof Bceotia, and born aboutB. c. 430. He was remark-able for his difficult attitudesand his power to representa variety of forms. Most ofhis statues were in bronze.The two most wonderfulworks which he did were the Discobolus, and a… … MAKBLE COPY OF MYRONS BRONZE DISK-THROWER. 424 MYRON — NARDI. way. Of the quoit-thrower, we have several copies; that in theMassimi Villa, at Rome, is undoubtedly the best, and was found onthe Esquiline, in 1782; others are in the British Mus., HadriansTiburtine Villa, the Vatican, and the…
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