Handbook to the Antiquities in the British Museum: Being a Description of the Remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian, and Etruscan Art Preserved ThereMurray, 1851 - 472 Seiten |
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... legs , heads , & c . , were carved in separate pieces and subsequently attached to the central block , itself not unfrequently of a different material . Of this , the most ancient age , no specimens exist in the Museum , except perhaps ...
... legs , heads , & c . , were carved in separate pieces and subsequently attached to the central block , itself not unfrequently of a different material . Of this , the most ancient age , no specimens exist in the Museum , except perhaps ...
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... legs being quite detached from the ground of the Metope . The second and third of these sculptures are executed in a rude , archaic style , probably as early as the 50th Ol . , B.C. 580. The coins of Enos illustrate the form of ...
... legs being quite detached from the ground of the Metope . The second and third of these sculptures are executed in a rude , archaic style , probably as early as the 50th Ol . , B.C. 580. The coins of Enos illustrate the form of ...
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... legs and feet , but the hind part consisting of the body , tail , and hind - legs of a horse ( as we see them on archaic vases , and as they are described by Pausanias ) , or , as on these marbles , in human forms from the head to the ...
... legs and feet , but the hind part consisting of the body , tail , and hind - legs of a horse ( as we see them on archaic vases , and as they are described by Pausanias ) , or , as on these marbles , in human forms from the head to the ...
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... leg , as he is in the act of striking with it . In the second , the Centaur is pressed to the ground by the left knee and arm of his opponent , who has entwined his right hand in his hair . This is one of the best pre- served slabs ...
... leg , as he is in the act of striking with it . In the second , the Centaur is pressed to the ground by the left knee and arm of his opponent , who has entwined his right hand in his hair . This is one of the best pre- served slabs ...
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... legs are protected by boots , which reach nearly to the knees ; their robes confined by a zone , with one or two belts passing over their shoulders and crossing in front between their breasts . The marbles do not preserve the weapons ...
... legs are protected by boots , which reach nearly to the knees ; their robes confined by a zone , with one or two belts passing over their shoulders and crossing in front between their breasts . The marbles do not preserve the weapons ...
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