...lightuess and elegance of their make ; and although the relief is not above an inch from the hack ground, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely...suffer reason to persuade us they are not alive." — Flaxman. Phigalian Starbles, (in the Phigalian Saloon). — 23 bas-reliefs, so called, found in...

...lightness and elegance of their make ; ami although the relief is not above an inoh from the background, we can scarcely suffer reason to persuade us they are not alive." Our limits will not permit us to dwell at any length even on these gems of Greek Art, or even to detail...

...; in them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of teudon and the softness of flesh. The beholder is charmed...This stood in the eastern or principal chamber of the celia, and traces of its pedestal (E), and the step and railing which surrounded it, are still visible....

...logs seem distended with circulation ; ia them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of tendon, and the softness...scarcely suffer reason to persuade us they are not alive. In those countries where the arts of design have been more admired for colossal size, and indefatigable...

...lightness and elegance of their make ; and although the relief is not above an inch from the back- ground, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely...suffer reason to persuade us they are not alive." l The Greeks also carved gems, cameos, medals, and vases, with unapproachable excellence. Very few...

...of bony forms, from the elasticity of tendons and the softness of flesh. The beholder is concerned with the deer-like lightness and elegance of their...scarcely suffer reason to persuade us they are not alive.'1 The horses of Thessaly are there depicted as they exist at the present day, even to the characteristic...

...lightness and elegance of their make; and although the relief is not above an inch from the back ground, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely suffer reason to persuade us they are not alive."—Ftaxman. The earliest specimens of Greek art are the statues from the Sacred Way at Branchidae,...

...lightness and elegance of their make, and although the reliuf is not above an inch from the buck ground, and they are so much smaller than nature, we can scarcely suffer reason to persuade us they are n-jt alive." Flaxman began life with making models for Wedgewood pottery. They consisted chiefly of...

...and legs seem distended with circulation; in them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of tendon and the softness...scarcely suffer reason to persuade us they are not alive."—Flaxman. The earliest specimens of Greek art are the statues from the Sacred Way at Branchiate,...

...legs seem distended with circulation ; in them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of tendon and the softness...suffer reason to persuade us they are not alive." — Flaxman. Lectures on Sculpture. " It is the union of nature with ideal beauty, the probabilities...