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Monumens antiques, ou, Collection choisie d'anciens bas-reliefs et fragmens egiptiens, grecs, romains et etrusques, representant les cérémonies religieuses, sacrifices, mariages, bacchanales, guerres, batailles, et autres objets qui ont rapport a la mythologie e a l'histoire de ces anciens peuples : l'on y observera le génie, la belle composition et la perfection qu'ils avoient dans l'art du dessein et de la sculpture : ouvrage qui contient deux cents planches, avec leur explication en abrégé

Barbault, Jean, approximately 1705-1766 · 1783 · A Rome : Chez Bouchard et Gravier libraires ... · 23 pictures

Monumens antiques is a 1783 Rome collection of engraved plates after ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Etruscan bas-reliefs, compiled by Jean Barbault and published by Bouchard and Gravier for students of classical art and design. The pictures are sepia-toned prints of carved figure groups showing sacrifices, banquets, battles and mythological scenes, framed in rectangular plates with short captions beneath. A designer could take from them the tight figure grouping, layered friezes and compositional rhythm of neoclassical relief sculpture.

Bas-relief · Sculpture, Ancient · Art, Etruscan · Art, Egyptian · Classical antiquities · Sculpture, Ancient -- Pictorial works · Bas-relief -- Pictorial works · Rome -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works

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