Sculpture, and the Plastic ArtJ.P. Jewett, 1850 - 353 sidor |
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... styles of sculpture - Alto - relief , bas - relief , mezzo - relief- Processes of sculpture - Bronzes - Varieties of marble - Alabaster statues Limestone deposits Combination of marbles - Polylithic and Poly- chromic sculpture . CHAPTER ...
... styles of sculpture - Alto - relief , bas - relief , mezzo - relief- Processes of sculpture - Bronzes - Varieties of marble - Alabaster statues Limestone deposits Combination of marbles - Polylithic and Poly- chromic sculpture . CHAPTER ...
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... STYLES OF SCULPTURE - ALTO - RELIEF , BAS - RELIEF , MEZZO - RELIEF PROCESSES OF SCULPTURE - BRON- ZES - VARIETIES OF MARBLE- ALABASTER STATUES - LIME- STONE DEPOSITS- COMBINATION OF MARBLES - POLYLITHIC AND POLYCHROMIC SCULPTURE ...
... STYLES OF SCULPTURE - ALTO - RELIEF , BAS - RELIEF , MEZZO - RELIEF PROCESSES OF SCULPTURE - BRON- ZES - VARIETIES OF MARBLE- ALABASTER STATUES - LIME- STONE DEPOSITS- COMBINATION OF MARBLES - POLYLITHIC AND POLYCHROMIC SCULPTURE ...
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... were rewarded by the discovery of an edifice , which , from the number and style of the sculptures , he considered to have been a royal palace . Among the most inter- esting objects which have come to light are two colossal 12 SCULPTURE .
... were rewarded by the discovery of an edifice , which , from the number and style of the sculptures , he considered to have been a royal palace . Among the most inter- esting objects which have come to light are two colossal 12 SCULPTURE .
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... style , executed with much neatness and precision , but without any of the higher character of the art . In the remarkable ruins of Petra , the rock - environed and al- most inaccessible city of the Nabatheans , which was enriched by ...
... style , executed with much neatness and precision , but without any of the higher character of the art . In the remarkable ruins of Petra , the rock - environed and al- most inaccessible city of the Nabatheans , which was enriched by ...
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... style of architecture , and is consequently less imposing than that of Neptune . The third edifice is the largest , having nine columns on the ends , and sixteen upon the sides : the interior was divided into two equal parts by a row of ...
... style of architecture , and is consequently less imposing than that of Neptune . The third edifice is the largest , having nine columns on the ends , and sixteen upon the sides : the interior was divided into two equal parts by a row of ...
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Academy admiration adorned altar ancient antiquity architecture arms art of sculpture artist bas-reliefs beautiful Bernini Bologna bronze busts called Canova carved Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel chisel Christian Church of St colossal Statue columns commenced composition consisting decorated Donatello drapery Duke edifice Egypt Egyptian Emperor employed England entrance equestrian Statue erected Etruria Etruscan executed feet in height figures finest Florence Gallery genius grace granite Grecian Greece Greek hand head hieroglyphics hundred inches inscriptions Italy king lions Louis the Fourteenth Luxor Lysippus magnificent ment Michael Angelo monuments Museum obelisks ornamented painting palace Paris Parthenon Pausanias pedestal pediment period Phidias pillars placed Praxiteles present principal productions reign relief remains representing richly Roman Rome Royal ruins sarcophagus sculp sculpture sepulchral side Spain specimens stands stone style supposed taste Temple Terra Cotta Thebes tion Tomb ture vases Venus walls Westminster Abbey white marble
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Sida 275 - In the year 1734, some gentlemen who had travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste for those objects which had contributed so much to their entertainment abroad...
Sida 11 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Sida 53 - ... feet, not including the caps, which are about fourteen feet. There are only two of these colossi in sight, one is still buried under the sand, and the other, which is near the door, is half fallen down, and buried also. On the top of the door is a colossal figure of Osiris twenty feet high, with two colossal hieroglyphic figures, one on each side, looking towards it. On the top of the temple is a cornice with hieroglyphics, a torus and frize under it.
Sida 14 - ... doors of tombs, forming the great Necropolis of the city ; and at the extreme end was a large open space, with a powerful body of light thrown down upon it, and exhibiting in one full view the...
Sida 77 - ... of their fame ; the present , of the strongest inducements to exertion , the noblest exhibitions that curiosity can contemplate ; the future , of the masterpieces of art, the models of imitation. To guard against the repetition of such depredations is the wish of every man of genius , the duty of every man in power, and the common interest of every civilized nation, Eustace's Ctassical Tour through Italy, p.
Sida 11 - And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
Sida 133 - Bentivoglio party to power, it was destroyed by the people, and the bronze, said to have weighed 17,500 Ibs., was sold to the Duke of Ferrara, who converted it into a piece of ordnance, under the appropriate name of the Julian.
Sida 28 - Egyptian sculpture or painting as the scarabceus, or beetle, and perhaps scarcely any one which it is so difficult to explain. He is often represented with a ball between his fore-legs, which some take for a symbol of the world, or the sun. He may be an emblem of fertility. The " crab " on the Denderah Zodiac is by some supposed to be a "beetle
Sida 114 - Nativity, — the Adoration of the Magi, — the Presentation in the Temple, — the Crucifixion, — and the Last Judgment.
Sida 176 - Having recovered himself in some degree, and completed the works above mentioned, he left that city, for the last time, in September, for Possagno, hoping to derive benefit from the journey, and from his native air, and arrived in that village on the 17th of the same month; but, as was usual with him, by a too hurried journey, and while he was still unable to bear the heat of the weather, which was in that year unusually great throughout Italy.