Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . Tond the tomb of Caacilia Metella, havebeen discovered and brought to light by the energy and talent of thelate Cornmendatore Canina, who has published a most interestingwork on them, giving restorations of the principal Tombs of a Roman period, exhibiting the utmost magnificence ofarchitectural decoration, have been found at Petia. The Khasne and SCULPTURE. 115 the Corinthian tomb, in that city of sepulchres, display most splendidarchitectural facades. Though all the forms of the architecture areEoman, Mr. Fergusson re
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . Tond the tomb of Caacilia Metella, havebeen discovered and brought to light by the energy and talent of thelate Cornmendatore Canina, who has published a most interestingwork on them, giving restorations of the principal Tombs of a Roman period, exhibiting the utmost magnificence ofarchitectural decoration, have been found at Petia. The Khasne and SCULPTURE. 115 the Corinthian tomb, in that city of sepulchres, display most splendidarchitectural facades. Though all the forms of the architecture areEoman, Mr. Fergusson remarks, the details are so elegant, andgenerally so well designed, as almost to lead to the suspicion thatthere must have been some Grecian influence brought to bear uponit. Tombs of a Roman epoch are also found at Jerusalem, and atCyrene, on the African coast. SCULPTURE. We do not intend to enter here on the history of sculpture in allits phases, but to give the distinctive features which characterizethe different styles of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, and Romansculpture, as they are visible in statues of the natural or colossalsize, in statues of lesser proportion, and lastly in busts and basreliefs. We shall give also the styles of each separate nation which pre-vailed at each distinct
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