The Language of the Muses

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The Language of the Muses is written by Miranda Marvin and published by Getty Publications. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0892368063 (ISBN 10) and 9780892368068 (ISBN 13).

Since the Renaissance, it has been generally accepted that almost all Roman sculptures depicting ideal figures were copies of Greek originals. This text traces the origin of this idea to the academic belief in the mythical perfection of now-lost Greek art.