Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . lia Paula, the first wife ofElagabalus (Plate CXXVI., No. 8), with the freshterseness of the profile and the dainty lines of thehair. The Return to Frontality.—A definite change makesitself felt when, by the influence of the same opticprinciples that obtained in relief sculpture, works inthe round also make for isolation of the individual new mood now stealing over sculpture is apparent ina portrait-bust at Chatsworth of a man holding a roll inhis left hand (Plate CXXVIII.). The bust is of typicalthird-century shape ;f the hair is worked
Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . lia Paula, the first wife ofElagabalus (Plate CXXVI., No. 8), with the freshterseness of the profile and the dainty lines of thehair. The Return to Frontality.—A definite change makesitself felt when, by the influence of the same opticprinciples that obtained in relief sculpture, works inthe round also make for isolation of the individual new mood now stealing over sculpture is apparent ina portrait-bust at Chatsworth of a man holding a roll inhis left hand (Plate CXXVIII.). The bust is of typicalthird-century shape ;f the hair is worked according tothe light and dark optic principle, the pose of thehead still recalls the Caracallus, the glance of the eye * Furtwangler, Journal of Hellenic Studies, xxi. 1901, p. 225,and Fig. 5 : Our bust is an extremely good work of its time,and is, moreover, distinguished by its excellent preservation. •f Furtwangler, loc. cit. Reproduced here from the originalphotograph kindly lent by Professor Furtwangler. The bustis quite ?I. Mi: cwviii
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