of the Niobe group. In the DyingGladiator we learn a difierent lesson. Neitherhand is here free. All the postures of the com-position of this figure are the representation of aman in mortal agony, whose urgent dyspnoeadetermines the position of the body and of thelimbs, which are thus not left free… … Fig;, 36.—Cain. The Dying Gladiator is one of those master-pieces of antiquity which exhibits a knowledge of * Philosophy and Anatomy of Expression, 3rd edition, p. 195. THE DYING GLADIATOR. 303 anatomy and of mans nature. He is not resting;he is not falling; but in the position of one woundedin…
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