Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 170
ius, son ofMiston or Nestor of Athens, as stated in the Greekinscription on the base, so that it must belong tothe great age of Greece. (See Fig. 30, p. 144.) It isremarkable for every beauty possible in a singleform, and combines the most opposite excellencies,such as energy and grace, strength… … Fi£j. 29.—The Torso of the Belvedere. (Rome. Vatican.) , ^ of IBM ^ GRECIAN SCUl.rrURE. 143 old aee, when he was almost blind, he still likedto trace those outlines with his trembling fingersat which he had so often gazed with admiration.True or false, this anecdote shows the spirit of the
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