Tombs in and near Rome ; Sculpture among the Greeks and Romans, mythology in funereal sculpture, and early Christian sculpture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884. Sculpture among the Greeks and Romans, mythology in funereal sculpture, and early Christian sculpture · Oxford : J. Parker ; London : John Murray · leaf 268
ded sons from retaliating upon the deity by hurl-ing a dart at him. The remaining children of Niobe appear invarious attitudes of despair and death. The story is told by different writers with varying details, but itssubstance is the same in all, and unamiable as is the vindictivecharacter of the… … SCULPTURE.PLATE II. i. THE RAPE OF PROSERPINE.2. A COMBAT OF FAUNS AND CENTAURS. K 2 Sculpture. Description of Plate II. 1. The Rape of Proserpine. From the front of a sarcophagusof the second century. (Vatican Museum, No. 252. See p. 28.) The incident in the story here represented appears to be…
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