The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volume 2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... Pliny . The principal of these were , an Esculapius , a Bacchus , an Apollo , a Pasiphae , & c . . Or the Apollo , the following anecdote is related . It was at Antioch , and of such extraordinary workmanship , that the Emperor Julian ...
... Pliny . The principal of these were , an Esculapius , a Bacchus , an Apollo , a Pasiphae , & c . . Or the Apollo , the following anecdote is related . It was at Antioch , and of such extraordinary workmanship , that the Emperor Julian ...
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... Pliny . CANACHUS Was very much admired , although , in the opinion of Cicero , his outline was hard . He ranked , however , very high as a statuary . Of the three Muses , cele- brated by Antipater , in the Greek An- thology , one was ...
... Pliny . CANACHUS Was very much admired , although , in the opinion of Cicero , his outline was hard . He ranked , however , very high as a statuary . Of the three Muses , cele- brated by Antipater , in the Greek An- thology , one was ...
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... Pliny describes the Colossus with particular minuteness , 1. xxxiv . c . 7. The reader should , however , be forewarned , that there exists some doubt whether the name of the artist was not Laches . There is an epigram in the Anthology ...
... Pliny describes the Colossus with particular minuteness , 1. xxxiv . c . 7. The reader should , however , be forewarned , that there exists some doubt whether the name of the artist was not Laches . There is an epigram in the Anthology ...
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... Pliny , the first who made sta- tues from the solid marble . He was engaged with Scyllis on some statues of the gods , for the Sicyonians . Before they had completed their labours , they took umbrage Eminent Antient Artists . 39.
... Pliny , the first who made sta- tues from the solid marble . He was engaged with Scyllis on some statues of the gods , for the Sicyonians . Before they had completed their labours , they took umbrage Eminent Antient Artists . 39.
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... Pliny observes , that Ambracia , Argos , and Cleone , were crowded with the works of Diponus . His expression is , ' Dipœni quidem Ambracia , Argos , Cle- one , operibus refertę fuere . ' They had many pupils , whose works were greatly ...
... Pliny observes , that Ambracia , Argos , and Cleone , were crowded with the works of Diponus . His expression is , ' Dipœni quidem Ambracia , Argos , Cle- one , operibus refertę fuere . ' They had many pupils , whose works were greatly ...
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