There is also a fine colossal priest, and the warsculptures are of the deepest interest.
There is a fine portrait statue of Flaxman, from the chisel of Franks; a very clever statue of John Wesley; but if I were to chronicle all the sculptures here, I may as well write a catalogue at once.
The sculptures here were found at Xanthus, in Lycia.
Mahayana form of that faith, pointed to the fact of Brahmanic gods being also conspicuous in the earliest Buddhist sculptures of India, adorning, e.
The Arch of Benvenuto, erected in honor of Trajan, is one of the most remarkable relics of antiquity, as well on account of its sculptures as its architecture.
The frieze which was carried along the outer walls of the cell offered a continuation of sculptures in low relief, and of the most exquisite beauty.
Above the sculptures were painted other events--the king attended by his eunuchs and warriors, receiving his prisoners, entering into alliances with other monarchs, or performing some sacred duty.
The following exceedingly interesting account of the removal of the sculpturesfrom the Parthenon, is extracted from Hamilton's "Memorandum on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in Greece.
Subsequently the span was enlarged, the style enriched, and a profusion of all kinds of sculptures and ornaments heaped upon them.
But you are, I trust, now in some degree persuaded that no art, Florentine or any other, can be understood without knowing these sculptures and mouldings of the national soul.
Panels between pillars, panels carried on pillars, sculptures in those panels like the Metopes of the Parthenon; a Greek vase in the middle, and griffins in the middle of that.
The orbed architecture of Tuscany, with its sculptures of the succession of the labouring months, as compared with the rude vaults and monstrous imaginations of the past, was again the victory of Meleager.
In the delivery of the preceding Lectures, some account was given of the theologic design of the sculptures by Giovanni Pisano at Orvieto, which I intended to have printed separately, and in more complete form, in this Appendix.
Generally they are men, as at Lutterworth in the sculptures over the door, and in the famous fresco of Gozzoli at Pisa.
One of his celebrated sculptures was the image of the Blessed Virgin for the cathedral at Metz, said to be quite a masterpiece.
Probably the sculptures were like many still to be seen in the temples of that date in Southern India, where the base of the pillar is elaborately carved with grotesque figures of elephants, horses, and monsters.
The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile.
Several importantsculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.
All that can be gathered from the bas-relief sculptures is that shrill tones and acute pitch must have characterized their music.
With this we will leave Egyptian music, simply calling attention to the works of Resellini, Lepsius, Wilkinson, and Petri, which contain copies of mural paintings and temple and tombsculptures relating to music.
According to the mural paintings and sculpturesin the tombs of the Egyptians, all these instruments were played together, and accompanied the voice.
The very nature of the harp is chordal, and the sculptures always depict the performer playing with both hands, the fingers being more or less outstretched.
Not only were Flaxman and Chantrey artists and not mere masons, but examples of both Bacon and Bailey are among the very few sculptures in the National Gallery.
Another faithful representation of the features of the ancient Egyptians is found in those of their paintings and sculptures that have descended to our own time.
The figures we find in the numerous ancient sculptureson Persian monuments, at Istakhar, at Persepolis, at Ekbatana, and in many other places, confirm in every respect this evidence.
The sculptures too, bear some resemblance to the figures on the Persian monuments, particularly the well known figure with an umbrella, so common on the latter.
Sculptures of animals, birds and reptiles have been found in great numbers and variety, exhibiting a skill which few could now surpass.
He visited the sites of many ancient cities and towns; copied numerous inscriptions, by means of which he was enabled to identify the names of fifteen out of eighteen cities; and made sketches of the most interesting sculptures and monuments.
I am aware that many believe the sculptures on the Dighton rock to contain several alphabetic characters.
History and tradition supported this belief; and the general character of the sculptures and architecture, together with the inscriptions, would carry its origin back to a period some centuries before the Christian era.
The roads in all directions are lined with tombs and sarcophagi, many of them covered with elaborate sculptures and inscriptions.
Also, sculptures of the human head, disclosing most probably the character of the physiognomy, as well as the manner of adjusting the hair, the head dress and ornaments of the mound-builders.
There is a vast series of chambers, all built with marble, and covered with sculptures and inscriptions.
The drawings and sculptures exhibit a higher state of art than the monuments of Egypt.
Every chamber is built of marble slabs covered with sculptures or inscriptions.
Many of the sculptures discovered by Mr. Layard are, even in the smallest details, as sharp and fresh as though they had been chiselled yesterday.
It is impossible to look at the Buddhist sculptures which he has brought home without perceiving that there is in them a foreign element.
The sculptures upon the rock have, however, been destroyed by the Indians, who cut through it as soon as they found the spot an object of interest to strangers.
In many respects it resembles the stone sculptures of the isthmus.
In general style there is a rather close correspondence with the sculptures of the Central American States.
The sculptures are said to be in relief, like those of Yucatan and Peru.
The ground plan is like that of the palaces of Nineveh; in the sculptures a resemblance has been traced to the reliefs of the buildings of the Achaemenids.
The sculptures of the first hall display on every side of the pillars the king and a deity.
Though to a great extent destroyed, the inscriptions still show that the achievements, of which these sculptures are intended to immortalise the memory, belonged to the second and fourth year of Ramses II.
These sculptures confirm the statements of Diodorus of the careful tending of the animals; they also show us the medicinal treatment of ailing animals.
Generals of the cavalry, masters of the horse, and scribes are mentioned, and the sculptures of the Pharaohs exhibit the Hittites in their chariots in magnificent clothing and armour.
The sculptures of the front side of the gateway exhibit the king in intercourse with the gods, and symbolise the divine expressions of favour towards Ramses.
Two miles and a half to the north-west of the ruins of the citadels, in the rocks surrounding the plateau, remarkable sculptures have been discovered.
Further downwards at Beth-el-Walli, a temple was hewn in the rocks at the west side of the Nile, the sculptures of which exhibit the exploits of Ramses II.
Behind this gateway is a second court, more marvellous even than the first, in which various sculptures represent the war against the Bactrians.
The Elgin Marbles are the remains of the sculptures which once adorned the Temple of Minerva at Athens, known as the Parthenon, of world-wide fame.
We shall find that she appears in both these capacities among the sculptures on her beautiful temple, the Parthenon.
These sculptures denote that the extinct generations belonged to nations different from those which now inhabit the same regions.
The pride of the world in sculptures seem to be the Laocoon and the Dying Gladiator, in Rome.
But its chief interest centres in the sculptures executed by Giovanni and Andrea, sons and pupils of Nicola Pisano.
The sculptures that support the stage--Sileni bending beneath the weight of cornices, and lines of graceful youths and maidens--are still in their ancient station.
At any rate, they are imbued with his genius, and bear the strongest affinity to his sculptures at Pisa, Siena, and Bologna.
And the spirit which pervades these sculptures may be traced in all succeeding works of art.
The frieze, above the architrave, is one fourth less high than the architrave, but if there are to be reliefs upon it, it is one fourth higher than the architrave, so that the sculptures may be more imposing.
Their sculptures are such as we, in our presumption, assume to be the models of ideal truth and beauty, and to which no artist of modern times can produce forms in any degree comparable.
The sculptures in the long and dimly lighted corridors at the base of the temple, and in the first tiers of the tower, are wonderfully realistic representations of a sensual and ferocious deity.
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