Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... . m at Naples, onein the long Chiaramonti Gallery in theVatican, one or two in the Villa Albani;fifth, the more perfect slabs of the friezeof Phigalia now preserved in the BritishMuseum; and, sixth, the reliefs of the tem-ple and parapet of Athena-Nike, on theAthenian Acropolis. There are, of course,some pieces of approximately perfect work—of work only one degree less preciousthan the few. There is the long frieze ofTrysa, found near the modern town of AsiaMinor called Gjolbaschi; there are four orfive still intelligible of the high
Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... . m at Naples, onein the long Chiaramonti Gallery in theVatican, one or two in the Villa Albani;fifth, the more perfect slabs of the friezeof Phigalia now preserved in the BritishMuseum; and, sixth, the reliefs of the tem-ple and parapet of Athena-Nike, on theAthenian Acropolis. There are, of course,some pieces of approximately perfect work—of work only one degree less preciousthan the few. There is the long frieze ofTrysa, found near the modern town of AsiaMinor called Gjolbaschi; there are four orfive still intelligible of the high reliefs inthe metopes of the Theseion at Athens;there are the slabs from the Nereid Monu-ment at Xanthos, and a morsel or two fromEpidauros; there are many votive reliefsand a collection of sculptured archives—ofdocuments inscribed on marble, with sig-nificant relief sculpture at top; nor is iteasy in the case of any given comparisonthat might be set up, as in the fine Steleof Mynno in the Museum of Berlin oreither of those shown in Plate II, to say[16].
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