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Gardner, Percy
The principles of Greek art — London, 1924

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vin SCULPTURE : MATERIAL, SPACE, COLOURING 113

being built up part by part, and the surface finished with the
file: Later the cire perdue process,1 which is that used by the
great sculptors of the Renascence, was introduced into Greece.
In this process the surface modelling is done in wax, which is
an even more delicate and perfect material than clay.
 
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