Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (1907)
Strong, Eugénie Sellers · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 218
XXXV.). The sculptor knew how to arrange the twigs in a free design round theslender vase, and by the subtlest artistic means to conjureup the illusion of a rose-bush in bloom. By varying theheight of the relief in which flowers, buds, and leaves are * As we shall see later on, the method probably… … FLAVIAN RELIEF 125 cut . . . he produces an impression of pulsating life. . . .The illusion, however, does not degenerate into a clumsydeception. The vases do not stand on the ground; theyare suspended free, and under their bases are laid cherrytwigs with ripe fruit. On the neck of each vase two…
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