Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... . Plate L. — I,K MONUMKNT DKS MORTS; I5Y ALBERT BARTHOLOME. PLASTER STJDYFOR TIIK MONUMENT ERECTED IN THE CEMETARY OF PKRE-LA-CIIAISE, PARIS. Recent Art, Part II, Sentiment the modern world know them not. Italyand Greece alike recognized all this accou-trement of the partly-clothed military figure,the nude throat, arms and legs, the bodyclothed in a leather tunic, the feet in leath-ern buskins of which it is true the designis very realistic indeed, the panthers skinworn on the shoulder as an additional de-fense, or for warmth, or as
Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... . Plate L. — I,K MONUMKNT DKS MORTS; I5Y ALBERT BARTHOLOME. PLASTER STJDYFOR TIIK MONUMENT ERECTED IN THE CEMETARY OF PKRE-LA-CIIAISE, PARIS. Recent Art, Part II, Sentiment the modern world know them not. Italyand Greece alike recognized all this accou-trement of the partly-clothed military figure,the nude throat, arms and legs, the bodyclothed in a leather tunic, the feet in leath-ern buskins of which it is true the designis very realistic indeed, the panthers skinworn on the shoulder as an additional de-fense, or for warmth, or as a trophy. Thefigure so clothed is crowned with a helmetof very independent design, like nothingactually known of the north or of the south—of antiquity or of the Middle Ages. Thesword, in like manner, is certainly not an-tique, nor can it be imagined as theweapon of one of those races whose garb offence was as slight and unformed as theone before us; it is the sword of the six-teenth century warrior. All of whichmeans that we have not here an archaeo-log
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