The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... interested in the result . Next , in order of time , came the Parthenon pediments . There also we find the new principle of composition - a great central group flanked on each side by secondary beings . But there is this momentous ...
... interested in the result . Next , in order of time , came the Parthenon pediments . There also we find the new principle of composition - a great central group flanked on each side by secondary beings . But there is this momentous ...
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... interested spectators . That , as we have already remarked , was a striking advance on the older methods of composition . It introduced a new touch of nature , which must have appealed to the poetic instincts of a great sculptor coming ...
... interested spectators . That , as we have already remarked , was a striking advance on the older methods of composition . It introduced a new touch of nature , which must have appealed to the poetic instincts of a great sculptor coming ...
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... interested spectators in the form of local heroes or local personifications , were not necessarily there also . To assume that they were present on the Acropolis seems a far too narrow and literal inter- pretation of a divine incident ...
... interested spectators in the form of local heroes or local personifications , were not necessarily there also . To assume that they were present on the Acropolis seems a far too narrow and literal inter- pretation of a divine incident ...
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... invisible , but the shock of their contention reached by some divine sound or sight the beings in Attica who were at the moment most interested in the result . IN CHAPTER III THE EAST PEDIMENT [ PLATES VI.-IX. ] 28 THE WEST PEDIMENT.
... invisible , but the shock of their contention reached by some divine sound or sight the beings in Attica who were at the moment most interested in the result . IN CHAPTER III THE EAST PEDIMENT [ PLATES VI.-IX. ] 28 THE WEST PEDIMENT.
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... the west ; that is to say , a great central group of deities who were visible only to the inner eye , and two angle groups of secondary beings , whom for the moment we may call merely interested spectators . 30 THE EAST PEDIMENT.
... the west ; that is to say , a great central group of deities who were visible only to the inner eye , and two angle groups of secondary beings , whom for the moment we may call merely interested spectators . 30 THE EAST PEDIMENT.
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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