Six Greek sculptors . HEAD OF ALEXANDER: DETAIL FROM HAMDY-BEY AND REINACH, op. err., pl. xxxiii Between j>p. 228 rcwd 229 Plate LXXII. HEAD OF PERSIAN ; DETAIL FROM HAMDY-BEY AND RETNACH, OP. LIT. Pl. XXXII To face p. 229 LYSIPPUS 229 the faces that is remarkable, and it is greatly increasedby the fortunate circumstance that the original colour-ing is, in many cases, well preserved. We see the effectof this addition of colour in the head of a Persian^which, as well as the head of Alexander himself, is re-produced here on a larger scale. The contrast betweenthe two is notable—on the one han
Six Greek sculptors . HEAD OF ALEXANDER: DETAIL FROM HAMDY-BEY AND REINACH, op. err., pl. xxxiii Between j>p. 228 rcwd 229 Plate LXXII. HEAD OF PERSIAN ; DETAIL FROM HAMDY-BEY AND RETNACH, OP. LIT. Pl. XXXII To face p. 229 LYSIPPUS 229 the faces that is remarkable, and it is greatly increasedby the fortunate circumstance that the original colour-ing is, in many cases, well preserved. We see the effectof this addition of colour in the head of a Persian^which, as well as the head of Alexander himself, is re-produced here on a larger scale. The contrast betweenthe two is notable—on the one hand, the impetuousMacedonian, with his solid and powerful build and ir-resistible force of intellect; on the other, the sensitiveand delicately made Oriental, with his refined featuresand expressively dark eyes. There is even a beginningof cosmopolitan feeling in the sympathetic rendering ofthe contrasted national types, even though the themebe the triumph of Hellene over barbarian. The inten-sity of the expression in each case is yet another exampleto refute the current notion that Greek art cannotexpress character and individualit
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