OBSERVATIONS ON SCULPTURE. 407 
The most celebrated Statues, or specimens of 
sculpture, which have attracted the admiration of 
past and present generations, may be classed 
under three heads. 1.—The Imaginative. 2.— 
The Material. 3.—The two former blended. 
The first class embraces the Heathen Divi- 
nities; the personifications of Virtues, Vices, 
Attributes, and Idealities. 
The second, the imitations of the Human form, 
and the resemblance of Mortals. 
The third includes the other two, and combines 
with the imitation of the outward form, expres- 
sion of character, and indications of individual 
mental qualities. 
The history of Sculpture amongst the Greeks, 
affords ample illustrations of the imaginative class. 
The intellectual and refined imaginations of the 
Athenians, led them to employ Phidias, to em- 
body the conceptions of their vivid minds ; and 
so sacred were the labours of the Sculptor amongst 
them, that these for a long period were confined 
to the representation of their deities ; and the 
attempt to reduce the marble block to the likeness 
