Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . forward over the heaps of dead, whilebarbarians meet him suing for mercy ; behind himcrowd his standard-bearers, behind them again comemore cavalry and the trumpeters. Then, by an extra-ordinary manipulation of the lines, just in front of thetrumpeters, the movement is again reversed, the changeof direction being skilfully covered by the shield ofa horseman. The composition becomes less crowded,and insensibly we find ourselves once more at the leftend amid a peaceful group of standing figures. Therecognition of a familiar subject brings a shock of
Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . forward over the heaps of dead, whilebarbarians meet him suing for mercy ; behind himcrowd his standard-bearers, behind them again comemore cavalry and the trumpeters. Then, by an extra-ordinary manipulation of the lines, just in front of thetrumpeters, the movement is again reversed, the changeof direction being skilfully covered by the shield ofa horseman. The composition becomes less crowded,and insensibly we find ourselves once more at the leftend amid a peaceful group of standing figures. Therecognition of a familiar subject brings a shock of sur-prise. We have been watching the Emperor fight indistant Dacia, and here we find ourselves in Rome inpresence of the Emperor and his lictors; he is placedalmost facing the spectator, between Victory, whocrowns, and the personified City, who guides him. * Plates XLVII., XLVIIl. The order is i, 2. 3, 4- PlateXLVI. is from Marc Antonios beautiful rendering of No. 4(reproduced from the first state in the Library of Chatsworth). iln-ein iqi. ICO i) ICl 2. ArclnvayKAJAMC IUIKZK
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