Quippe in omnibus manu faciundis imaginibus opera diutina sumitur, neque tamen similitudo aeque ut in speculis comparet; deest enim et luto vigor et saxo color et picturae rigor et motus omnibus, qui praecipua fide similitudinem repraesentat, cum in eo visitur imago mire relata, ut similis, ita mobilis et ad omnem nutum hominis sui morigera.
For all representations that have to be handmade require lengthy effort, and even so the resemblance does not appear as it does as in a mirror. For clay lacks liveliness, stone color, painting relief, all lack motion, and motion reproduces likeness with especial fidelity, since it is through motion that we see an image wonderfully rendered, as mobile as it is precise, and obedient to the movers every gesture.
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