 | Charles Thomas Newton - Levant - 1865 - 352 pages
...be considered one of the finest examples of ancient sculptures which has survived the wreck of time. The body of the horse is a masterpiece of modelling...of the rider. Nothing can be more perfect than his seat. The right leg and thigh seems to grow to the horse's side ; the manner in which the waist yields... | |
 | Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell - Sculpture - 1883 - 824 pages
...fragment, that the marble fairly throbs and pulsates with life. To use Professor Newton's words, " The rearing movement affects the whole frame ; and...of the rider. Nothing can be more perfect than his seat. The right leg and thigh seem to grow to the horse's side ; the manner in which the waist yields... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Art, Greek - 1899 - 256 pages
...mutilation which this torso has received, it must be considered an admirable example of ancient sculpture. The body of the horse is a masterpiece of modelling :: the rearing movement affects the whole frame. Equal skill is shown in the representation of the firm but easy seat of the rider. 1051. (In the gallery... | |
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The body of the horse is a masterpiece of modelling ; the rearing movement affects the whole frame, and the solid and unwieldy mass of marble seems to bend and spring before our eyes, as if all the latent energy of the animal were suddenly called forth... 