Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (1907)
Strong, Eugénie Sellers · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 74
ng the central scene somewhat to theleft. Though the identical technical execution of allthree friezes proclaims their common artistic source, itmust be admitted that the subject from real life has * Furtwiingler Intermezzi, p. 39, points out that on one friezeof the arch of Augustus at Susa, a… … AM) A>[l-inTiaT10 THE AUGUSTAN AGE zi appealed more strongly to the artists imagination thanthe somewhat worn-out theme of Tritons and Nereids. These decorated friezes present in sharp and almostcrude contrast the historic and allegorical methods ofcommemorating events. On the three sides…
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