{Two artistic cycles}[9th February 1991]

[Redbook8:247][19910209:1600]{Two artistic cycles}[9th February 1991]

19910209:1600

‘Western sculpture in the ancient world of Greece and Rome and from the late Middle Ages to the end of the 19^th century* twice underwent a progressive development, ** from archaic stylisation to realism; the term progressive here means that the stylistic sequence was determined by what was previously known about the representation of the human figure, each step depending upon a prior one, and not that there was an aesthetic progression or improvement. Modern criticism has sometimes claimed that much was lost in the change.’

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*{ie 2048A~-R~C,

BCE & CE}

**{cf X.[]5}

***E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 27:59

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