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Page 15
But even apart from considerations of a poetic kind , we see at once from Carrey's
drawing of the west pediment of the Parthenon that the figures in the two wings
are markedly dissociated from the central group , except as interested spectators
...
But even apart from considerations of a poetic kind , we see at once from Carrey's
drawing of the west pediment of the Parthenon that the figures in the two wings
are markedly dissociated from the central group , except as interested spectators
...
Page 17
The chariot of Athenè we know from Carrey's drawings , but by his time the
horses of Poseidon had disappeared . The heads of his two horses have ,
however , been recovered on the Acropolis . We give them as they were probably
intended ...
The chariot of Athenè we know from Carrey's drawings , but by his time the
horses of Poseidon had disappeared . The heads of his two horses have ,
however , been recovered on the Acropolis . We give them as they were probably
intended ...
Page 18
Carrey was in time to preserve also in his drawing a female figure , N , hasting to
the centre . This figure corresponds to the Hermes on the farther side of the
horses of Athenè . We shall see that on the frieze each chariot is accompanied by
a ...
Carrey was in time to preserve also in his drawing a female figure , N , hasting to
the centre . This figure corresponds to the Hermes on the farther side of the
horses of Athenè . We shall see that on the frieze each chariot is accompanied by
a ...
Page 19
Great as has been the wreck of the central group , we can still in a measure
realise the composition from Carrey's drawing , and the style from the torsos and
fragments that remain ( Pl . V. ) . The fragmentary body of Poseidon , M , which
we ...
Great as has been the wreck of the central group , we can still in a measure
realise the composition from Carrey's drawing , and the style from the torsos and
fragments that remain ( Pl . V. ) . The fragmentary body of Poseidon , M , which
we ...
Page 21
Her sisters and the boy Erichthonios share her excitement , especially the sister
nearest the centre , who in Carrey's drawing corresponds singularly with the so -
called Iris , G , of the east pediment , both in the slightness of her figure and in her
...
Her sisters and the boy Erichthonios share her excitement , especially the sister
nearest the centre , who in Carrey's drawing corresponds singularly with the so -
called Iris , G , of the east pediment , both in the slightness of her figure and in her
...
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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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