Greek Sculpture

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About this book

Greek Sculpture is a collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation by Estelle M. Hurll. The preface says portraiture is illustrated, among others, by the statue of Sophocles and the bust of Pericles, and bas-relief work by the panel from the Parthenon frieze and the Orpheus and Eurydice. The text names the closeness to nature as perhaps the most striking characteristic of Greek art. Greek art is also called distinctly an art of generalization, dealing with types rather than with individuals.

The text describes the Faun as the marble image of a young man leaning his right arm on the trunk or stump of a tree, and says the marble faun gives the title to Hawthorne's book. Plutarch is quoted as writing that where severity was required no man was ever more moderate, or if mildness was necessary, no man better kept up his dignity than Pericles.

About the author

Estelle May Hurll

Estelle May Hurll was an American art writer and editor who produced concise, image-centered studies for students and general readers around the turn of the twentieth century. Jean Francois Millet and Sir Joshua Reynolds each pair a selection of reproduced paintings with an introduction, commentary, and a portrait of the artist.