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3i2 OTHER WORKS FROM THE AGE OF PHEIDIAS.
V.
seen tenderly lifting a
wounded Amazon from
her horse (fig. 130). In
another scene an Ama-
zon seems to be begging
the life of a young La-
pith from her sister war-
rior (fig. 129).
The whole work in-
deed is full of surprises
and inconsistencies. The
g subject, as we have said,
3 is purely Attic, but the
£ treatment is exaggerated,
r sensational, and almost
° barbaric in its tone. Many
t of the figures are mas-
* tcrpicces of drawing, ide-
h ally conceived, and ex-
g ecuted with great natu-
~ ral truth. Among the
W 0
. male figures are extre-
mely fine models of ath-
letic cpJicbi ; and the wo-
c- men arc, like Spartan
" maidens, strong and ac-
tive but not unwomanly
or coarse. Others are
ugly in design—e.g. the
figure of the Queen of
the Amazons being torn
from her horse—and
rude and inharmonious
in their execution. The
drapery is often exag-
gerated, unnatural and
V.
seen tenderly lifting a
wounded Amazon from
her horse (fig. 130). In
another scene an Ama-
zon seems to be begging
the life of a young La-
pith from her sister war-
rior (fig. 129).
The whole work in-
deed is full of surprises
and inconsistencies. The
g subject, as we have said,
3 is purely Attic, but the
£ treatment is exaggerated,
r sensational, and almost
° barbaric in its tone. Many
t of the figures are mas-
* tcrpicces of drawing, ide-
h ally conceived, and ex-
g ecuted with great natu-
~ ral truth. Among the
W 0
. male figures are extre-
mely fine models of ath-
letic cpJicbi ; and the wo-
c- men arc, like Spartan
" maidens, strong and ac-
tive but not unwomanly
or coarse. Others are
ugly in design—e.g. the
figure of the Queen of
the Amazons being torn
from her horse—and
rude and inharmonious
in their execution. The
drapery is often exag-
gerated, unnatural and