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ARCHAISTIC ART.
work to a period subsequent to Scopas, who was the first to introduce
the dithyrambic element into sculpture, here represented in the agi-
tated movements of Apollo.
Fig. 63.
relief of atollo and nike.
The Three Charites (Graces),
in a marble relief discovered near the Lateran at Rome, and now
in the Chiaramonti gallery of the Vatican. We feel some compunc-
tion in classing it among archaistic works, as is done by the chief
authorities on the subject, and are inclined to regard it as a genuine
archaic production of a very early period. It would be difficult to
imagine three female forms more unlike the received notion of the
Graces than these long-robed and clumsy figures ; and equally hard
to believe that an artist of a late period of fully developed art could
bring his hand to work in so rude a style. The arguments against
ARCHAISTIC ART.
work to a period subsequent to Scopas, who was the first to introduce
the dithyrambic element into sculpture, here represented in the agi-
tated movements of Apollo.
Fig. 63.
relief of atollo and nike.
The Three Charites (Graces),
in a marble relief discovered near the Lateran at Rome, and now
in the Chiaramonti gallery of the Vatican. We feel some compunc-
tion in classing it among archaistic works, as is done by the chief
authorities on the subject, and are inclined to regard it as a genuine
archaic production of a very early period. It would be difficult to
imagine three female forms more unlike the received notion of the
Graces than these long-robed and clumsy figures ; and equally hard
to believe that an artist of a late period of fully developed art could
bring his hand to work in so rude a style. The arguments against