Walks Through the Studii of the Sculptors at Rome, Volumes 1-2Monaldini, 1841 - Sculptors |
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Page 46
... Ovid's description , " virgineum caput est : " Unwasted youth ; eternally a boy : thyrsis is by his side ; and his limbs are draped . At Pompeii , in a room attached to the temple of Ve- nus , was found a fresco not unlike this figure ...
... Ovid's description , " virgineum caput est : " Unwasted youth ; eternally a boy : thyrsis is by his side ; and his limbs are draped . At Pompeii , in a room attached to the temple of Ve- nus , was found a fresco not unlike this figure ...
Page 120
... Ovid recounts that Theseus returning victo- rious to Athens , when overtaken by a storm , took shelter in a grotto formed in the living rock by the in- cessant beating of the fret ful sea . In this cave the Hero and his friends were ...
... Ovid recounts that Theseus returning victo- rious to Athens , when overtaken by a storm , took shelter in a grotto formed in the living rock by the in- cessant beating of the fret ful sea . In this cave the Hero and his friends were ...
Page 121
... Ovid . 99 The Nereid before us is destined for our island , where we have no doubt she is sure to experience a kind reception from her insular sister . She is seated on a coral rock and holds in her hand a tri- dent , the emblem of her ...
... Ovid . 99 The Nereid before us is destined for our island , where we have no doubt she is sure to experience a kind reception from her insular sister . She is seated on a coral rock and holds in her hand a tri- dent , the emblem of her ...
Page 48
... his perfidious intentions : janira in his arms . The countenance and action of Since Go cas Then sen And let hi ( a ) Ovid . M faithful spouse of Hercules averts her fair face from his. Such is the mythological account left us ...
... his perfidious intentions : janira in his arms . The countenance and action of Since Go cas Then sen And let hi ( a ) Ovid . M faithful spouse of Hercules averts her fair face from his. Such is the mythological account left us ...
Page 49
... amid the foes ; Then send us to redeem both arms and shield , And let him wear who wins them in the field . " . ( a ) Ovid . Met . lib . XIII . 50 Ere the murmur of applause excited by the speech 3 THORWALDSEN 49 faithful spouse ...
... amid the foes ; Then send us to redeem both arms and shield , And let him wear who wins them in the field . " . ( a ) Ovid . Met . lib . XIII . 50 Ere the murmur of applause excited by the speech 3 THORWALDSEN 49 faithful spouse ...
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