Painting, sculpture and architecture as representative arts; an essay in comparative æsthetics (1895)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York [etc.] G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 266
act will be surprised to notice the vast preponderance ofgroups, as contrasted with single figures, in the works ofPhidias (490 to 430 B.C.), who represents the best periodof Greek art, as, e. g., in the pediment and frieze of theParthenon, a part of the latter of which may be seen inFig. 148, page… … FIG. 148.—FIGURES ON THE FRIEZE ON THE PARTHENON.See pages 223, 225. 281, 282, 396. statues with exclusive reference to form, or with no par-ticular regard for significance—statues, for instance, likethe Venus Leaving the Bath (Fig. 149, page 224), thesculptor of which is unknown, or even like the…
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