Wonders of sculpture . who was called the French Pheidiasand the Correggio of sculpture had really been ableto study the frieze of the Parthenon, so much dohis bas-reliefs resemble those of the Pheidias ofAthens, not only in their form, for they, too,although the striking effect is not lessened, arein very low relief, but also in the grandeur of style,the correctness of drawing, and the grace and truthof the attitudes. M. Alexandre Lenoir has repro-duced Goujons Deposition from the Cross in hisMiiseum of French Mojz?ime?zts, and there is noparadox in his eulogium : The Greeks producednothing m
Wonders of sculpture . who was called the French Pheidiasand the Correggio of sculpture had really been ableto study the frieze of the Parthenon, so much dohis bas-reliefs resemble those of the Pheidias ofAthens, not only in their form, for they, too,although the striking effect is not lessened, arein very low relief, but also in the grandeur of style,the correctness of drawing, and the grace and truthof the attitudes. M. Alexandre Lenoir has repro-duced Goujons Deposition from the Cross in hisMiiseum of French Mojz?ime?zts, and there is noparadox in his eulogium : The Greeks producednothing more perfect, for none will deny its Deposition from the Cross is now in the Louvre,in the midst of the four Evangelists, with which it isworthy to rank. Opposite these works of a sacredstyle are others which are profane. These are. be- 298 FRENCH SCULPTURE. tween two gracefully recumbent NympJis of the Seine,a fine group of Tritons and Nereids playing on thewater. Whence did he obtain these charming forms,. »wi(iia^iwWHH;f^^Sftj-i^i HHt$?S(MinjKlAloiO^WU^UM^i^flTJ^f^ r ~( . , ?!. Ill r. \^}}i?\ • ~^_jii^z_ ? I^illi^liii ???Iiiii
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