Contributions to the literature of the fine arts (1870)
Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865, author, Ker, H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden), 1785?-1871, writer of preface · London : John Murray · leaf 133
113 BASSO-RILIEVO. body, never occurs in alto-rilievo, because the shadow of the arm on the body, or, in the instance given, of one of the lower limbs on the other, could then no longer be suppressed, as it is in this case, but would rival the shadows of the whole figure on the ground. Among the… … the Phigaleian marbles, and the alti-rilievi of the Temple of Theseus, there is not a single instance of the contrasted action alluded to ; while in the two latter examples, the contrary position, or open dis- play of the figure, repeatedly recurs, even to same- ness. It must however be admitted,…
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