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The Virgin. From Michael Angelo’s “Pieta.” St. Peter’s, Rome Frontispiece
Diana (Archaistic). The National Museum, Naples 12
Dedicatory Statue (Archaic). The Acropolis Museum, Athens 12
Harmodius. National Museum, Naples 14
The Charioteer. Delphi Museum 14
The Spartan Girl. The Vatican, Rome 18
The Doryphorus. National Museum, Naples 18
Myron’s Discobolus. The Ashmolean, Oxford 22
Theseus. British Museum.
A figure from the Eastern Pediment of the Parthenon 30
The Three Fates. British Museum.
A group from the Eastern Pediment of the Parthenon 30
From The Parthenon Frieze. British Museum.
Scenes from the Panathenaic Procession 32
Zeus. The Vatican, Rome. Found at Otricoli 36
Hera. Terme Museum, Rome. From the Villa Ludovisi 36
Hera. The Vatican, Rome 40
The Mausoleum Charioteer. British Museum, London 48
Niobe. The Glyptothek, Munich 50
Menelaus and Patroclus. Loggia de Lonzi, Florence 52
Ares Ludovisi. The Vatican, Rome 52
The “Dexileus” Relief. The Ceramicus, Athens 54
The Hermes (head). By Praxiteles. Olympia 58
The “Eros” Torso. The Vatican, Rome. Found at Centocelle 60
Aphrodite of Cnidus. The Vatican, Rome 62
The Apoxyomenus. The Vatican, Rome 68
Meleager. The Vatican, Rome 68
The Sarcophagus of Alexander. Constantinople 74
Phocion. The Vatican, Rome 76
Pericles. Pericles. 78
The Head of Alexander (after Lysippus). British Museum 78
The Tyche of Antioch. The Vatican, Rome 86
The Dying Gaul. The Capitoline Museum, Rome 88
The Triumph of Athena. From the Altar of Zeus, Pergamus. Berlin 92
The Laocoon Group. The Vatican, Rome 94
The Nile. The Vatican, Rome 96
The Farnese Hercules. National Museum, Naples 100
The Cerigotto Bronze. The Museum, Athens 102
The Apollo Belvedere. The Vatican, Rome 106
Venus of Medici. The Uffizi, Florence 106
Venus of Milo. The Louvre, Paris 112
Boy strangling a Goose. The Louvre, Paris 114
Child with Lantern. Terme Museum, Rome 114
The Boxer (Bronze). Terme Museum, Rome 120
Orestes and Electra (pseudo-archaic). National Museum, Naples 128
Augustus. The Vatican, Rome 128
Nerva (Head). The Vatican, Rome 132
Antinous. The Vatican, Rome 136
Marcus Aurelius. Rome 138
A Gothic Panel: “The Last Judgment.” A bas-relief from the porch of Bourges Cathedral 150
Giovanni Pisano: “The Adoration of the Magi.” A panel from the pulpit of the Pisan Duomo. Now in the Museo Civico, Pisa 150
Niccola Pisano: “The Pulpit at Pisa” 156
Lorenzo Ghiberti: “The Gates of Paradise.” The Baptistery, Florence 164
Donatello: “Saint George.” From the church of Or San Michele, Florence 172
Donatello: “David.” The Bargello, Florence 174
Jacopo della Quercia: The Tomb of Ilaria del Carretto. The Cathedral, Lucca 176
Luca della Robbia: “The Visitation.” Pistoja 178
Andrea Verocchio: “The Doubting Thomas.” A group for the exterior of Or San Michele, Florence 180
Verocchio and Leopardi: The Colleoni Monument. Venice 182
Michael Angelo: “David.” Academy of Fine Arts, Florence 184
Michael Angelo: “The Pieta.” St. Peter’s, Rome 186
Michael Angelo: Monument of Lorenzo. Medici Chapel, Florence 186
Michael Angelo: “Moses.” A figure designed for the Tomb of Julius II. 188
Michael Angelo: Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino. The Medici Chapel, Florence 192
Michael Angelo: “Night.” From the monument to Giuliano, Duke of Nemours. The Medici Chapel, Florence 194
Michael Angelo: “Dawn.” From the monument to Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino. The Medici Chapel, Florence 194
Benvenuto Cellini: “Perseus.” The Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence 204
Giovanni Bologna: “Mercury.” The Bargello, Florence 204
Giovanni Bologna: “The Rape of the Sabine Women.” The Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence 208
Giovanni Bernini: “Apollo and Daphne.” From the Borghese Gallery, Rome 210
Giovanni Bernini: “The Ecstatic Vision of St. Theresa.” The church of S. Maria della Vittoria, Rome 210
Peter Vischer: “King Arthur.” Innsbruck 224
Goujon: “The Diana” from Anet. The Louvre, Paris 230
Puget: “The Immaculate Conception.” Genoa 234
Girardon: “Apollo and Nymphs.” Versailles 236
Pigalle: “Mercury.” The Louvre, Paris 238
Falconet: “L’Amour Menaçant.” The Louvre, Paris 238
Clodion: “Satyr with Flute” 240
Houdon: “Diana.” The Louvre, Paris 242
Houdon: “Voltaire” (bust). The Louvre, Paris 244
Antonio Canova: Pauline Borghese as “Venus Victrix.” Villa Borghese, Rome 248
Antonio Canova: “Cupid and Psyche.” Villa Carlotta, Lake of Como 248
Bertel Thorvaldsen: “Venus.” Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth 252
François Rude: The Marseillaise Relief. Paris 254
John Flaxman: “Satan and the Archangel Michael.” From the model in South Kensington 260
Antoine Barye: “Centaur and Lapith.” The Louvre, Paris 264
Jean Baptiste Carpeaux: “The Dance.” Opera House, Paris 268
Antoine Idrac: “Mercury Inventing the Caduceus.” The Luxembourg, Paris 270
Paul Dubois: “St. John the Baptist.” The Luxembourg, Paris 270
Jules Dalou: “The Triumph of Silenus.” Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris 272
Auguste Rodin: “The Kiss.” The Luxembourg, Paris 276
Auguste Rodin: “The Thinker.” The Pantheon, Paris 278
John Gibson: “Hylas and the Nymphs.” Tate Gallery, London 282
Alfred Stevens: Figure from the Fireplace, Dorchester House, London 286
Lord Leighton: “Athlete and Python.” Tate Gallery 288
Thomas Brock: “Eve.” The Tate Gallery, London 290
Hamo Thornycroft: “The Mower.” Liverpool 290
Meunier (Belgian School): “The Mower” 292
Alfred Gilbert: “Saint George.” From the Clarence Memorial, Windsor 296
Onslow Ford: “Egyptian Singer.” The Tate Gallery, London 298
Harry Bates: “Pandora.” The Tate Gallery, London 300
J. M. Swan: “Orpheus” 300
George J. Frampton: “Mysteriarch” 302