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 318
th-out knowing anything about the gladiatorial exhibitionsof ancient Rome, any one can perceive, at a glance, thatthere has been a public contest ; that the contestant,who has been thrown to the ground, is in danger oflosing his life ; that he is holding up his hand with a signwhich we recognize to… … Q a 2 10 < M UJ ft- w (_ o I 2j6 PAINTING, SCtlPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE. which they make with their hands, still more than doesthe fact that this sign is the opposite of the one made bythe fallen victim. Or observe, again, Rubens Descentfrom the Cross, Fig. 163, page 277. Though we knewnothing of…
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