Gardner, Ernest Arthur, 1862-1939 · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 150
the pedestalupon which it stood. We possess, however, a goodmany more or less direct copies from the statue, thoughit unfortunately happens that their artistic %|nerit isalmost exactly in inverse proportion to their fidelity tothe original from which they are derived. They do notreally give us much… … SMALL COPY OF ATHENA PAUTHENOS, IX ALADRII) To fane p. i»0 PHIDIAS 91 to imagine what the original must have been like, evenif they preserve us very little of its artistic character. The goddess was represented standing, a figure ofVictory on her extended right hand, her left hand rest-ing upon her…
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