Greek bronzes . Fig. 27.—Marble Statue. Apollo Sauroctonos. Louvre. foil to the delicate modelling of the bodily forms. And when we thinkof it, that was a great change from the treatment of drapery in theParthenon sculptures, where the presence of drapery is never accidental,but always shares in the dignity and solemnity of the figure. Even in 68 GREEK BRONZES the draped figures of Praxiteles as in the Muses of Mantinea, we see thathe had created a new type which differs from that of the Parthenon inas-. FiG. 28.—Apollo. From Tkessaly. British Museu?n. much as it is a special study of a draped
Greek bronzes . Fig. 27.—Marble Statue. Apollo Sauroctonos. Louvre. foil to the delicate modelling of the bodily forms. And when we thinkof it, that was a great change from the treatment of drapery in theParthenon sculptures, where the presence of drapery is never accidental,but always shares in the dignity and solemnity of the figure. Even in 68 GREEK BRONZES the draped figures of Praxiteles as in the Muses of Mantinea, we see thathe had created a new type which differs from that of the Parthenon inas-. 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
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