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A CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN
ANTIQUITIES, BRITISH MUSEUM.
by
A. H. SMITH, M.A.,
Assistant in the Department of Greek and Roman
Antiquities, in the British Museum.
VOL. I.
London:
Printed by Order of the Trustees.
1892.
London:
Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited
Stamford Street and Charing Cross.
PREFACE.
The present volume by Mr. Arthur Smith, Assistant in the Department
of Greek and Roman Antiquities, includes the sculptures of the Archaic
period: those of the Parthenon and other Athenian buildings; the
remains of the temple at Phigaleia; the Greek reliefs, and some other
sculptures which, though produced in Roman times, yet represent Greek
originals of the great age.
In the section which deals with the sculptures of Athens much has been
retained from Sir Charles Newton's _Guide to the Elgin Room_, Pts.
I.-II. While adding the results of more recent research, Mr. Smith has
contributed on his part interesting material.
The sculptures of the archaic period have of late years been the
subject of much discussion; the results of these discussions, as they
apply to the collection of the British Museum, have now been brought
together and summarized.
The Greek reliefs, which form an important section of the present
volume, belong to a class of sculptures which have produced much
difference of opinion as to the subjects represented by them. Mr.
Smith has stated briefly the principal views, by way of introduction
to the several classes of reliefs.
A. S. MURRAY
_3rd December, 1891._
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
PAGE
EDITOR'S PREFACE iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS v
TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS vii
INTRODUCTION 1
PART I.--THE ARCHAIC PERIOD.
MYCENAE, 1-6 12
BRANCHIDAE, 7-21 16
LYDIA, 22, 23 24
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