Outline History of the Fine Arts: Embracing a View of the Rise, Progress, and Influence of the Arts Among Different Nations, Ancient and Modern, with Notices of the Character and Works of Many Celebrated ArtistsHarper and Bros., 1868 - 330 pages |
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... sculp- tures representing the exploits of some Egyptian warrior . War chariots are seen dashing across a plain toward a walled town ; the hero stands alone with piles of his enemies slain by his hands , around him . In another place he ...
... sculp- tures representing the exploits of some Egyptian warrior . War chariots are seen dashing across a plain toward a walled town ; the hero stands alone with piles of his enemies slain by his hands , around him . In another place he ...
Page 33
... sculp- tures illustrative of the mysterious uses of this sacred chamber . Connected with this grand temple by colonnades and porticoes , are others , all of which form the cluster of the Carnatic ruins ; and it is easy to conceive , as ...
... sculp- tures illustrative of the mysterious uses of this sacred chamber . Connected with this grand temple by colonnades and porticoes , are others , all of which form the cluster of the Carnatic ruins ; and it is easy to conceive , as ...
Page 54
... sculp- ture , painting , poetry , and all the higher pursuits of science and literature were elevated and re- fined by intellect of the most exalted character , and where those unalterable principles of the arts which first appeared in ...
... sculp- ture , painting , poetry , and all the higher pursuits of science and literature were elevated and re- fined by intellect of the most exalted character , and where those unalterable principles of the arts which first appeared in ...
Page 64
... sculp- turesque ornament , called metope , that was first adopted in the time of Pericles . The temples of Jupiter Olympus at Athens , the ancient temple at Corinth , and the temples of Pæstum , a Greek * For description , see fifth ...
... sculp- turesque ornament , called metope , that was first adopted in the time of Pericles . The temples of Jupiter Olympus at Athens , the ancient temple at Corinth , and the temples of Pæstum , a Greek * For description , see fifth ...
Page 120
... sculp- ture was there practised as an art , before it was known in Egypt . The temple caves of Ele- phanta , Canarab and Ellora , exhibit specimens of the colossal style of the art much akin to the earlier works of the Egyptians . In ...
... sculp- ture was there practised as an art , before it was known in Egypt . The temple caves of Ele- phanta , Canarab and Ellora , exhibit specimens of the colossal style of the art much akin to the earlier works of the Egyptians . In ...
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