Gardner, Percy: The principles of Greek art (London, 1924)

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of eyes and hair, the former the most mobile and expressive
part of the face, the latter the part to which it is hardest to
assign a definite sculptural shape. But before speaking of
eye and hair, the shape of the head and the proportions of the
various parts of the face demand a few words. In the sixth
century it is doubtful whether distinct types of head are in

Fig. 31. — Head : Doryphoros.

vogue in the different schools; at all events, the inquiry whether
or not this is the case is too detailed and complicated to be here
attempted. But there can be little question that Professor
Brunn was right in maintaining that in the work of the fifth
century we can distinguish between Dorian and Attic types.
In archaic art, generally speaking, we may remark a decided
predominance of the lower part of the face, the jaw and chin,