Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (1907)
Strong, Eugénie Sellers · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 176
xcepting, of course, the lower narrow strip—must be viewed as a whole, and not as consisting of anupper and a lower zone. No sort of reproduction cando justice to this exquisite work, with the Rubens-likeopulence of its forms, its mastery of design, the warmcolours of the stone itself, the skill… … LK GKAND CAMEK DE IKANCEfiihliothiifiie Nafiona/c, /■ans AUGUSTUS TO NERO 91 Thus an intensified illumination is obtained for thefigure of Augustus by cutting the Genius, who partlycarries him, in the dark hue of the upper layer, yetthe actual face of the Emperor is made to projectinto this dark…
Sculpture, Roman · Sculpture, Greco-Roman
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