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In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or
say of the Laocoon how it might read more
In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or
say of the Laocoon how it might be made difference? A
masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of
being, as much as a plant or a crystal.
From the feet, Hercules.
[Lat., Ex pede Herculem.]
From the feet, Hercules.
[Lat., Ex pede Herculem.]
The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair
Across the tide to see her image there:
Then looking read more
The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair
Across the tide to see her image there:
Then looking up and round the prospect wide,
When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried.
So stands the statue that enchants the world,
So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,
The read more
So stands the statue that enchants the world,
So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,
The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
Sculpture is more than painting. It is greater
To raise the dead to life than to create
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Sculpture is more than painting. It is greater
To raise the dead to life than to create
Phantoms that seem to live.
The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common
observer of life and nature.
The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common
observer of life and nature.
A Mercury is not made out of any block of wood.
[Lat., Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius.]
A Mercury is not made out of any block of wood.
[Lat., Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius.]
There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, read more
There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through