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 PART I HELLENIC SCULPTURE CHAPTER I THE RISE OF GREEK SCULPTURE AND THE ATHLETIC SCULPTURES OF GREECE Nowadays sculpture is not an acknowledged queen in the Tourney of the Arts. The writer who has thrust her colours into his casque and would break a lance on her behalf, struggles for some unstoried damsel about whose very existence he has been playfully twitted by the champions of the reigning beauties.