Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 152
e the Venus of Cleomenes, as the templeof Gnidus (Cnidus) was visited from all parts ofGreece by admirers of the Venus of Praxiteles, ofwhich it was said, that it was to the statues ofVenus what Venus herself was amongst thegodde.s.ses ; indeed it appeared so instinct with life, GREVIAN SCULLTUKE.… … Fig. 20.—Apoir.no. (Florence.) other reason than a certain resemblance to theVejius in style and execution. It has an advantageover the latter in being entirely antique. If theApollo Belvedere may be called the model of the 132 GliEClA S SL■ Uir TURK. sublime, the Apollino certainly deserves to be…
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