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... of Callicrates , which was pronounced the " Canon " or model of statuary in bronze , but which , together with almost all the other works in that metal ,. Plato , contemporary portrait . Sard . Vizored Helmet : Etruscan . Sard .
... of Callicrates , which was pronounced the " Canon " or model of statuary in bronze , but which , together with almost all the other works in that metal ,. Plato , contemporary portrait . Sard . Vizored Helmet : Etruscan . Sard .
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... portraits of whom , as not occurring necessarily upon medals , we should otherwise be entirely deprived of , or else have ... portrait they bear impressed ; and besides this , they were seldom executed with the same degree of care as the ...
... portraits of whom , as not occurring necessarily upon medals , we should otherwise be entirely deprived of , or else have ... portrait they bear impressed ; and besides this , they were seldom executed with the same degree of care as the ...
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... portraits of princes , whose likenesses now occupy the gem in the place of that of the national deity ; and from ... portrait to Pyrgoteles , the first artist of the day in that branch ; for the numerous heads of this hero now extant ...
... portraits of princes , whose likenesses now occupy the gem in the place of that of the national deity ; and from ... portrait to Pyrgoteles , the first artist of the day in that branch ; for the numerous heads of this hero now extant ...
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... portraits or groups , or single figures ; for those that can with certainty be assigned to the pure Grecian period are of extreme rarity . The regular ... Portrait : perhaps Chusroes 11. Calcedony . Helmet. xlii A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF.
... portraits or groups , or single figures ; for those that can with certainty be assigned to the pure Grecian period are of extreme rarity . The regular ... Portrait : perhaps Chusroes 11. Calcedony . Helmet. xlii A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF.
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... portrait as personal ornaments ; the spread of Christianity acted more and more as a check upon the reproduction of other representations of the elegant Western mythology ; and those permitted by the change in religious sentiments were ...
... portrait as personal ornaments ; the spread of Christianity acted more and more as a check upon the reproduction of other representations of the elegant Western mythology ; and those permitted by the change in religious sentiments were ...
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