630 THE HELLENISTIC AGE OF SCULFIURE.
mendous art-activity of the Hellenistic age. From its great altar-sculptures,
triumphal monuments, and imposing images of gods and men, embracing the
widest range of creative powers, and destined to stamp its impress upon the
art of Rome, we turn to consider sculpture under that world-conquering city,
and among her neighbors and predecessors in Italy.
mendous art-activity of the Hellenistic age. From its great altar-sculptures,
triumphal monuments, and imposing images of gods and men, embracing the
widest range of creative powers, and destined to stamp its impress upon the
art of Rome, we turn to consider sculpture under that world-conquering city,
and among her neighbors and predecessors in Italy.