The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . vi. Fig. 3T. Fig. 38. Triton put the Nereides to flight. To be sure, they look more asthough they were walking than running; but the artist has naivelysuggested a rapid pace. Compare them with the lightly-movingNereides of the verse of Homer or Sophocles! They follow infile with hands extended in a gesture of fright, legs set wide apart,as though the girls were paralyzed with terror. The sculptorsintention is quite plain (Fig. 39). The will to run is of the most ancient masters of bas-relief caught a mo-ment of the run w
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . vi. Fig. 3T. Fig. 38. Triton put the Nereides to flight. To be sure, they look more asthough they were walking than running; but the artist has naivelysuggested a rapid pace. Compare them with the lightly-movingNereides of the verse of Homer or Sophocles! They follow infile with hands extended in a gesture of fright, legs set wide apart,as though the girls were paralyzed with terror. The sculptorsintention is quite plain (Fig. 39). The will to run is of the most ancient masters of bas-relief caught a mo-ment of the run which had escaped modern artists until instanta-neous photography proved the artist of the past correct. See In the same period, the sixth century B. C, the painters of thevases began to grow more daring. The technique is more free, they 48 THE MOVEMENTS IN GENERAL
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