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THE SCULPTURES OF THE PARTHENON CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY [
PLATE I. ) WHE HEN the Parthenon stood forth complete on the Acropolis of
Athens in or about the year 438 B.C. , there was no other building in the whole of
Greece ...
THE SCULPTURES OF THE PARTHENON CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY [
PLATE I. ) WHE HEN the Parthenon stood forth complete on the Acropolis of
Athens in or about the year 438 B.C. , there was no other building in the whole of
Greece ...
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The only public access to the Acropolis was on the west , through the Propylaea .
It was therefore the west front of the Parthenon which came first into view . But the
west was only the secondary front . There was no escape from the rule that the ...
The only public access to the Acropolis was on the west , through the Propylaea .
It was therefore the west front of the Parthenon which came first into view . But the
west was only the secondary front . There was no escape from the rule that the ...
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exhibit in full the Panathenaic procession , with its preparations and start , its
progress through the streets of Athens , and its climax on the Acropolis , where
the gods were seated to receive the new robe and the sacrifice of cows and
sheep .
exhibit in full the Panathenaic procession , with its preparations and start , its
progress through the streets of Athens , and its climax on the Acropolis , where
the gods were seated to receive the new robe and the sacrifice of cows and
sheep .
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V. ) ROM its very nature , the triangular shape of a pediment had presented
difficulties to Greek sculptors in the earliest times , if we may judge from the
archaic remains now to be seen on the Acropolis of Athens . Apparently the first
successful ...
V. ) ROM its very nature , the triangular shape of a pediment had presented
difficulties to Greek sculptors in the earliest times , if we may judge from the
archaic remains now to be seen on the Acropolis of Athens . Apparently the first
successful ...
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Within this group there was a further division , consisting of the two deities
themselves , represented at that stage of the contention between them when
Athenè had produced her olive tree on the Acropolis and Poseidon had made his
spring of ...
Within this group there was a further division , consisting of the two deities
themselves , represented at that stage of the contention between them when
Athenè had produced her olive tree on the Acropolis and Poseidon had made his
spring of ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Sculptures of the Parthenon |
| Author | Alexander Stuart Murray |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 13 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 173 pages |
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