The Portfolio: Monographs on Artistic Subjects..., Випуски 40 – 43Philip Gilbert Hamerton Seeley, 1899 |
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... existing archaic hieratic types , which were made down to the end of the Pagan era , but no new ones were invented after the fifth century , and as a class they decline rapidly in number and importance , giving place to other feminine ...
... existing archaic hieratic types , which were made down to the end of the Pagan era , but no new ones were invented after the fifth century , and as a class they decline rapidly in number and importance , giving place to other feminine ...
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... existing architectural sculptures on buildings . Etruscan jewellery , except for the scarabs , shows few signs of cameo work . It consists rather of the most exquisite gold work ever yet produced , set with cloisonné enamels , glass ...
... existing architectural sculptures on buildings . Etruscan jewellery , except for the scarabs , shows few signs of cameo work . It consists rather of the most exquisite gold work ever yet produced , set with cloisonné enamels , glass ...
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... existing form of portraiture is so strong and , at the same time , so delicate and beautiful as that to be found on a first - rate antique onyx cameo . Such portraits were cut by masters in their art , and are comparable with the finest ...
... existing form of portraiture is so strong and , at the same time , so delicate and beautiful as that to be found on a first - rate antique onyx cameo . Such portraits were cut by masters in their art , and are comparable with the finest ...
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... existing specimen of such things left , with any carving upon it , thousands have been destroyed . The curious cameo head cut in the joint of the shell ( Tridacna squamosa ) is probably Greek work of the sixth or seventh century B.C. ...
... existing specimen of such things left , with any carving upon it , thousands have been destroyed . The curious cameo head cut in the joint of the shell ( Tridacna squamosa ) is probably Greek work of the sixth or seventh century B.C. ...
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... existing . In the Ceramic Gallery at the British Museum is a splendid head of Jupiter Ammon , measuring about six and a half inches in diameter ; it is a circular plaque of strong , dark , translucent glass , overlaid with pale opaque ...
... existing . In the Ceramic Gallery at the British Museum is a splendid head of Jupiter Ammon , measuring about six and a half inches in diameter ; it is a circular plaque of strong , dark , translucent glass , overlaid with pale opaque ...
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