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 300
ntury in the Vatican Museum. The chariot-race is on the side of the sarcophagus, and the horse-race on the lid. The drivers are Cupids in both, and in both wesee the death indicated by the fallen horses. The cypress-shapedterminal Metae are distinctly shewn in both subjects, and in thelower one we… … SCULPTURE. PLATE X. i. THE PROMETHEUS SARCOPHAGUS.VICTORY OF SOME ROMAN GENERALOVER BARBARIANS. Sculpture. Description of Plate X. 1. The Prometheus Sarcophagus. From the CapitolineMuseum, No. 88. The man made by Prometheus endowed with life and facultiesby the gods. It represents the complete…
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