The Greek Court, Erected in the Crystal Palace by Owen Jones (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...left hand bent in an affected manner, the folds of the under garment very cleverly shown through the outer. All the accidents of folding--to speak technically--most wonderfully observed. This statue has, fortunately, at the suggestion of Levezow, been restored back again into a Muse. Dimensions: Height,4'-6." 51. THALIA. A small statue. From Berlin. The muse of Comedy holds a roll in her right hand, and a large comic mask In the other. Her hair is gathered up or bound in the same way that is often Been in statues of Apollo and Diana; a broad shawl or pallium is wound round her figure, and the fringed border may be observed hanging by the side of the mask. Dimensions: Height, 52. A BRONZE FIGURE. From Jegiha. A curious example of the rude appearance of early art. There is no apparent attempt on the part of the artist to exhibit movement. (See p. 15 of Introduction.) This figure somewhat resembles a bronze at Paris, inscribed ' Athene dekatan " upon one of the feet. 53. TORSO OP AN AMAZON. The figure" seems to have been clothed in a double tunic, girded by a broad belt or zone studded with circular plates. The left leg appears to have been bare in front; and the general character of the figure probably resembled that of the Amazon (No. 302). 54. MINERVA (Amtara) From DRESDEN. Engraved in Becker's Augusteum, No. 9; Meyer, Geschichte der Kunst, taf. 6 A. (Compare this with the restored figure, No. 29.) 55. SMALL FEMALE FIGURE Holding A Globe. 56. THE EAST FRIEZE OF THE THESEUM. RIGHT HAND PORTION. The sitting figures are supposed to be divinities, Neptune, Ceres, and Vulcan, and the contending figures to represent a gigantomachia, that is, a battle between the gods and giants. They seem to be hurling immense masses of rock, the most frequent mode...