Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (1907)
Strong, Eugénie Sellers · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 318
e oblong shields lying lengthways on the ground. Theintensity of the chieftains gesture, the added emphasisobtained by separating him from the other Dacians, strikethe note of pity and terror. Nor is the first effect weakenedby vehement repetition. For his comrades and the Daciansoldiers exhibit… … 7. o ;-; r b THE COLUMN OF TRAJAN 185 church chant, that sustains the emotion without strainingit (Plate LV.). Towards the end of the row, the Dacians no longer kneel,but stand bending forward, with hands still extended insupplication. A sturdy figure, somewhat Iaised on a rock,closes the scene.…
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