The Mistakes We Make
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ISBN13: 9781458927477
Paperback|9781458927477
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER VI. COMMON MISTAKES OF MANY KINDS. Ancient Statues were colored and adorned with Real Trappings. ? Plaster casts in museums do not correctly represent the ancient Greek and Roman marble statues. The originals were often painted in gorgeous colors, and gilded, and covered with ornaments. The Greeks and the Romans were much fonder of bright hues than we are. The color covered the entire surface of the marble, both nude parts and draperies. In recent times experiments have been made by many sculptors and painters in coloring statuary, but it is repugnant to modern taste. Professor Lanciani, speaking upon the universality of the practice of coloring marble statues in ancient times, says of the Roman statues found in Rome: In good condition, in pure earth and at a considerable depth, one-half showed traces of colors at the very moment they were brought to light. Of this half two-thirds lost their polychromy at once, and one-third still preserve it. There can be no doubt, either, that metal, cord, wooden, and leather accessories were affixed to the marble. This is evident from the cylindrical holes in some of the Parthenon sculptures in the BritishMuseum. The bridles and reins were real, the sandal-straps were of leather, the stone hands' grasped actual weapons, and there are unmistakable examples in frieze carving that the cattle led to sacrifice struggled against straps or cords. Why the Coek stands on Steeples. ?The common practice of setting a cock on a church steeple is popularly associated with the reproach that bird once conveyed to St. Peter. But in very early times the cock placed on the tops of sacred trees and turned by the wind was believed to disperse evil spirits and ward off approaching calamities: its living prototype did the same by its crowing. ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458927477 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458927474 |
| Weight | 0.19 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.11 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 48 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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