Greek bronzes . e beard has beenworked with almost microscopic faithfulness, and yet with perfectfreedom of touch; the minutest folds of the drapery have been followedfrom their origin to their final disappearance into some other larger fold,or into airy nothingness. These are facts which suit no Greek sculptor,of whose practice we know from ancient writers, better than was famed for a combination of minute finish and a rigorous systemof proportions. He was the most prominent sculptor at the time atwhich we should place these bronzes from other considerations, andwithout claiming h
Greek bronzes . e beard has beenworked with almost microscopic faithfulness, and yet with perfectfreedom of touch; the minutest folds of the drapery have been followedfrom their origin to their final disappearance into some other larger fold,or into airy nothingness. These are facts which suit no Greek sculptor,of whose practice we know from ancient writers, better than was famed for a combination of minute finish and a rigorous systemof proportions. He was the most prominent sculptor at the time atwhich we should place these bronzes from other considerations, andwithout claiming him as the sculptor of them, we may yet fairly regardthem as influenced by his manner, as in fact among the best evidence wepossess of his special method of working. We may pass on to a bronze equestrian statuette in NaplesMuseum, which appears to have been part of a group representingAlexander on horseback striking down at an enemy (Fig. 35). Weknow that after the battle at the Granicus, Lysippos was directed to. c~//7 ///f/rfy.
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