A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Fig. 43. — Palace gnard. Re-lief on stain-use (if Xerxes.(After Ker Porter.) 194 TUE THE ART OF THE RELIEFS. 195 Tims the earlier mode of presenting a front view of the upper partof the body, while the head, arms, and legs are turned to one side,is replaced by a correct idea of drawing the figure in profile. Themotions are unconstrained; the management of the drapery, espe-cially in the Median raiment, is definite and artistic; all the pecu-liarities of dress and weapons are carefully elabor
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Fig. 43. — Palace gnard. Re-lief on stain-use (if Xerxes.(After Ker Porter.) 194 TUE THE ART OF THE RELIEFS. 195 Tims the earlier mode of presenting a front view of the upper partof the body, while the head, arms, and legs are turned to one side,is replaced by a correct idea of drawing the figure in profile. Themotions are unconstrained; the management of the drapery, espe-cially in the Median raiment, is definite and artistic; all the pecu-liarities of dress and weapons are carefully elaborated. The headsform about the sixth part of the body, as in the figures on the Harp}Tomb and those of the temple of Aegina. This gives the men theappearance of stubbiness not corresponding to the truth, since theGreek writers repeatedly comment upon the stature and slendernessof the Persian men and women. Here also the Grecian sculptorswere evidently employed; the whole terrace produces the impressionof Hellenic workmanship, although the subjects are Persian. ThePersians are represented as wearing caps with bands (cyrbasia^.,like those of the Phrygians ; they have short coats, with
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