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Page 295
... important element of female figures in the Ar- chaic period , has a heaviness , almost a life of its own in the Parthenon sculptures . By the end of the century , in the Nike balustrade , it is shown pressed tight against the body ...
... important element of female figures in the Ar- chaic period , has a heaviness , almost a life of its own in the Parthenon sculptures . By the end of the century , in the Nike balustrade , it is shown pressed tight against the body ...
Page 297
... important innovation in the history of sculpture . Another innovation , in the development of which Lysip- pus must also have played a vital part , is portraiture ; he carved likenesses of Alexander . Nevertheless , portraits of ...
... important innovation in the history of sculpture . Another innovation , in the development of which Lysip- pus must also have played a vital part , is portraiture ; he carved likenesses of Alexander . Nevertheless , portraits of ...
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... important among these are a series unearthed in Cyprus and now divided between the Metropolitan , the British , and the Nicosia museums . All bear scenes from the life of David and stamps of the reign of Heraclius , which date them to ...
... important among these are a series unearthed in Cyprus and now divided between the Metropolitan , the British , and the Nicosia museums . All bear scenes from the life of David and stamps of the reign of Heraclius , which date them to ...
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