The Roman Court (including the antique sculptures in the nave) erected in the Crystal Palace (1854)
Scharf, George, 1820-1895 · London (Eng.) : Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans · leaf 21
ART IN THE REIGN OF CONSTANTINE. 17 large niches and Anted columns, dividing the figures even where a connection seems to be intended. … Apollo, Aurora, and the Earth, occupy the background. Specimen of late Grecian art, under Roman influence. The coins of the late period mark the same decline. Even portraiture upon them loses its force, and the artist seems to have depended more upon the name inscribed, and the ornaments of dress,…
Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) · Architecture, Roman -- Exhibitions · Sculpture, Roman -- Exhibitions · Exhibition buildings -- England -- London · Rome (Italy) · Italy -- Rome
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