Inside Out Library · Explore

Six Greek sculptors (1915)

Gardner, Ernest Arthur, 1862-1939 · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 108

An illustration from Six Greek sculptors, 1915, leaf 108
ronze andmarble, and especially in early Attic sculpture, weoften see the muscles outlined by incised grooves; but 1 The illustration (PI. XI.) is taken from a cast in which thehead of the Massimi Discobolus is added to the Vatican torso, andthe whole cast then bronzed over. The other illustration… … HEAD OF MASSIMT DISCOBOLUS To face p. 64 MYRON 65 they are indicated by drawing rather than by modelling.In the Discobolus^ on the other hand, the clear lines ofdemarcation are not inconsistent with a correct andskilful modelling of the surface. The effect is perhapssomewhat dry, and suggests the…

Sculptors · Sculpture, Greek

Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Six Greek sculptors

More like this