Greek bronzes . FiG. 28.—Apollo. From Tkessaly. British Museu?n. much as it is a special study of a draped figure. Another point is theeasy attitude of the Hermes, suggestive almost of indolence, or at allevents of a happy nature. In others of the statues by Praxiteles, known. Fig. 29.—Bronze Statuette. Aphrodite Pourtdes. British Museum. GREEK BRONZES 71 to us from ancient copies, this ease of attitude is more strongly from this point of view the most interesting of his works is the statueof Apollo Sauroctonos (Fig. 27), known to us from several copies in marble,and from one, a lar
Greek bronzes . FiG. 28.—Apollo. From Tkessaly. British Museu?n. much as it is a special study of a draped figure. Another point is theeasy attitude of the Hermes, suggestive almost of indolence, or at allevents of a happy nature. In others of the statues by Praxiteles, known. Fig. 29.—Bronze Statuette. Aphrodite Pourtdes. British Museum. GREEK BRONZES 71 to us from ancient copies, this ease of attitude is more strongly from this point of view the most interesting of his works is the statueof Apollo Sauroctonos (Fig. 27), known to us from several copies in marble,and from one, a large statuette in bronze in the Villa Albani, which is themore important because the original statue was in bronze. The godstands leaning idly, one hand stretched out to a tree, his attention beingattracted slightly to a lizard running up the tree-stem. He may beintending to kill the lizard, as his name Sauroctonos implies, but theattitude hardly conveys any feeling on his part beyond that of motive merely gives occasion for a youthful figure standing in anattitude admirably conceived to display the beauties of bodily form undera passing, almost trivial, emotion. It is interesting to compare this Apollo with a marble statue in Madridwhich it is now agreed
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