Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art · leaf 287
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES 249 traits of the Flavian period show a successful combination of the two tendencies of realism and idealism. The style is more individualized than in the Augustan period, and smoother and less hard than in the Republican epoch. Our collection includes several good… … his sitter with keen under- FIG. 152. ROMAN PORTRAIT BUST standing and has repro- FLAVIAN PERIOD duced it in a straightfor- ward manner, without paying regard to small, irrelevant details or striving for dramatic effect. The result in each case is a lifelike portrait and a fine work of art. The…
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