A Guide to the Sculptures of the Parthenon in the British Museumorder of the Trustees, 1908 - 134 pages |
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... early temple between the Parthenon and the Erechtheum , it seemed more probable that those foundations belonged to a structure begun but never completed after the Persian wars . A searching investigation , B however , has led Prof ...
... early temple between the Parthenon and the Erechtheum , it seemed more probable that those foundations belonged to a structure begun but never completed after the Persian wars . A searching investigation , B however , has led Prof ...
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... early type , with protruding tongue . The figures preserved on the shield include the prostrate figure ( c ; cf. No. 302 ) , which is an Amazon on other copies , but in this case has the forms of a male figure . The vanquished Amazon ...
... early type , with protruding tongue . The figures preserved on the shield include the prostrate figure ( c ; cf. No. 302 ) , which is an Amazon on other copies , but in this case has the forms of a male figure . The vanquished Amazon ...
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... early morning sun . Sculptures of Parthenon , pl . 1 ; Mus . Marbles , VI . , pl . 1 ; Michaelis , pl . 6 , fig . 8 ; Brunn , Denkmaeler , No. 186 ; Mansell , No. 693 . 03 B , Two horses of Helios . The team of Helios was represented C ...
... early morning sun . Sculptures of Parthenon , pl . 1 ; Mus . Marbles , VI . , pl . 1 ; Michaelis , pl . 6 , fig . 8 ; Brunn , Denkmaeler , No. 186 ; Mansell , No. 693 . 03 B , Two horses of Helios . The team of Helios was represented C ...
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... early writers on the Parthenon , who mistook the western pediment for that which contained the representation of the birth of Athenè , we find that it has been usually supposed that the space bounded by the reclining figures in the ...
... early writers on the Parthenon , who mistook the western pediment for that which contained the representation of the birth of Athenè , we find that it has been usually supposed that the space bounded by the reclining figures in the ...
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... early travellers , such as Cyriac of Ancona , who described the subject of the frieze as " Athenian victories in the time of Pericles , " and a few recent authors . Davidson ( The Parthenon Frieze ) sees in the frieze a representation ...
... early travellers , such as Cyriac of Ancona , who described the subject of the frieze as " Athenian victories in the time of Pericles , " and a few recent authors . Davidson ( The Parthenon Frieze ) sees in the frieze a representation ...
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Acropolis Amazon Amphora Aphroditè Apollo archaic Artemis artist Athenian Athens black-figure British Museum bronze Brunn bust Carrey's drawing cast Cecrops Centaur chariot chariot group contains decoration deities Denkmaeler Dionysos drapery drawn by Carrey east Elgin Room engraved Enkomi Etruscan Euphronios examples excavations female figure fifth century B.C. fragments Furtwaengler gems goddess Graeco-Roman Greek Greek and Roman ground Halicarnassos head Heracles Hermes horses Ialysos inscribed inscription kylikes Kylix Lapith left arm left hand lion Lord Elgin Lycia Maenads maidens male figure Mansell marble metopes Michaelis mould Mycenaean Mycenaean period north frieze objects original ornaments painted palmette Panathenaic pediment peplos Pheidias Plate Poseidon probably procession red-figure relief represented right arm right hand sarcophagus scarabs scene Sculptures of Parthenon seated shoulder side slab South statue statuettes style Table-case tablet temple terracotta Theseus tomb torso upper Vase Room Victory Wall-cases ware west pediment winged Zeus
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Page 112 - The composition is supposed to represent, on the obverse, the meeting of Peleus and Thetis on Mount Pelion, and on the reverse, Thetis consenting to be the bride of Peleus. in the presence of Poseidon and Eros. On the bottom of the vase, which is detached, is a bust of Atys.
Page 94 - The most interesting characteristic of the figure I have so vividly before me is the look of painful thought, which seems to indicate a constant sense of overwhelming responsibilities, honourably felt and bravely borne, yet . . . ever irritating the nerves and weighing upon the conscience
Page 63 - Mausoleum. the extant remains, it is ascertained that the Mausoleum consisted of a lofty basement, on which stood an oblong edifice surrounded by thirty-six Ionic columns and surmounted by a pyramid of twentyfour steps. This was crowned by a four-horse chariot group in.
Page 26 - Minerva, ruined the whole. By purchasing the house of one of the Turkish janizaries, built immediately under and against the columns of the portico, and by demolishing it in order to excavate, lord Elgin has had the satisfaction of recovering the greatest part of the statue of Victory, in a drapery which discovers the fine form of the figure with exquisite delicacy and taste.
Page 9 - Parthenon) . . . should be all likely to perish as it were immaturely from ignorant contempt and brutal violence.
Page 92 - Room (p. 42), and a comparison of the two figures gives a clear idea of the difference between Greek and GraecoRoman art. The graceful spontaneity of the Greek maiden is in striking contrast with the formal convention of her Graeco-Roman. counterpart. To the right of the room are the following in order : — 74*.
Page 18 - In her left hand she held her spear and shield. Between her and her shield was the serpent Erichthonios. On her outstretched right hand was a winged Victory, six feet high, holding a wreath. The helmet of the goddess was adorned with a Sphinx and Gryphons,' two figures of Pegasus, and a row of small horses. All available spaces were covered with reliefs. In particular there was a battle between Greeks and Amazons (see below, no. 302) on the outside of the shield.