The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... OLYMPIA III . WEST PEDIMENT OF PARTHENON ( CARREY ) . IV . FRAGMENT of T ( West PEDIMENT ) , Bronze Group , FRAGMENT OF METOPE 16 , SOUTH SIDE V. ILISSOS , HORSES ' HEADS , AMPHITRITÈ AND LEU- COTHEA VI . EAST PEDIMENT ( CARREY ) ...
... OLYMPIA III . WEST PEDIMENT OF PARTHENON ( CARREY ) . IV . FRAGMENT of T ( West PEDIMENT ) , Bronze Group , FRAGMENT OF METOPE 16 , SOUTH SIDE V. ILISSOS , HORSES ' HEADS , AMPHITRITÈ AND LEU- COTHEA VI . EAST PEDIMENT ( CARREY ) ...
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... Olympia that the metopes of the temple of Zeus were withdrawn within the colonnade , so as not to be visible at the same moment as the pediments . But on the Parthenon 1 Sympos . 19 : He calls them Aioral , or " slices " of men , and ...
... Olympia that the metopes of the temple of Zeus were withdrawn within the colonnade , so as not to be visible at the same moment as the pediments . But on the Parthenon 1 Sympos . 19 : He calls them Aioral , or " slices " of men , and ...
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... Olympia ( Pl . II . , Fig . 1 ) . There we have still the protagonists in the centre , with an invisible deity between them ; but the two flanks of the pediment are now occupied by obviously secondary persons in the character of ...
... Olympia ( Pl . II . , Fig . 1 ) . There we have still the protagonists in the centre , with an invisible deity between them ; but the two flanks of the pediment are now occupied by obviously secondary persons in the character of ...
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Alexander Stuart Murray. pediment of Olympia , with its secondary beings in the flanks . So far as we know , no one cherishes these views any longer . It would have been more appropriate to begin here with the east pediment of the ...
Alexander Stuart Murray. pediment of Olympia , with its secondary beings in the flanks . So far as we know , no one cherishes these views any longer . It would have been more appropriate to begin here with the east pediment of the ...
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... Olympia presents under a somewhat older type this same principle of a great middle group closed in by two chariots facing the centre , and serving to isolate as well as to magnify the protagonists . At Olympia the figures in the two ...
... Olympia presents under a somewhat older type this same principle of a great middle group closed in by two chariots facing the centre , and serving to isolate as well as to magnify the protagonists . At Olympia the figures in the two ...
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Acropolis Acropolis of Athens action Alcamenes angle Aphroditè apobates appear artistic Athenè Athenians attitude beauty birth of Athenè body British Museum Carrey's drawing carry cast Cecrops Centaur Centaurs and Lapiths central group central metopes centre Cephalos chariot chariot group chiton colossal composition cows deities drapery east frieze effect Elgin Room Ergastinae figure folds fore leg front girls goddess gods gold and ivory Greek head helmet Hephaestos Hera horses Ilissos instances knee Lapith left arm left hand long sides Lord Elgin mantle marble Michaelis nearer north frieze north side nude form Olympia original in Athens Parthenon frieze Pausanias peplos Pheidias Poseidon possible present procession raised recognise represent right arm right hand scene sculptured seated seen Selenè shield shoulders Slab south metopes south side spectator statuette temple Theseus turning round vase west frieze west pediment whole wings woman women xoanon youth Zeus at Olympia