Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 123
as practiced for life-size figures, wasalmost absolutely unknown to Byzantine art, which shared the helplessness and in-capacity of all early Christian timesin this sense. But there was alsoat one period of Byzantine historya movement in the Greek churchwhich was headed and promotedby certain… … Fig. 64.—Byzantine Ma-donna OF A Type Com-mon IN ItAIiY. m matter of fact, the Byzantine art only practiced sculptureof the human figure in exceptional cases. It is mainly in relief carvings, which approximate topictorial art, that the art of sculpture is found—in wood THE BYZAXTIXE AET. Ill…
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