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MODERN" ART.
T
introducing steps in the centre of the pediment,
the lines of which partake somewhat of the rating
line of pediment.
The same taste and judgment evidenced in the
bas-reliefs and pedimental sculpture of the ancients,
is observable also in the beauty of their gem-
engraving. We have seen that the bas-reliefs of the
Parthenon are sharp in outline and flat in surface.
In gem-engraving also the artist sought to give
a square character to his work, so that he might
make up by clearness for the want of size : while to
increase the effect, he sought to obtain a bold relief,
and the utmost contrast of form, both in light and
shade, and in mass and detail.
MODERN" ART.
T
introducing steps in the centre of the pediment,
the lines of which partake somewhat of the rating
line of pediment.
The same taste and judgment evidenced in the
bas-reliefs and pedimental sculpture of the ancients,
is observable also in the beauty of their gem-
engraving. We have seen that the bas-reliefs of the
Parthenon are sharp in outline and flat in surface.
In gem-engraving also the artist sought to give
a square character to his work, so that he might
make up by clearness for the want of size : while to
increase the effect, he sought to obtain a bold relief,
and the utmost contrast of form, both in light and
shade, and in mass and detail.