The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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Page 54
... Centaurs engaged in the struggle that ensued at the marriage feast of Peirithöos . Each of these metopes consists of a group of two figures , a Centaur fighting with a Lapith or carrying off a Lapith woman . Each metope is charged to ...
... Centaurs engaged in the struggle that ensued at the marriage feast of Peirithöos . Each of these metopes consists of a group of two figures , a Centaur fighting with a Lapith or carrying off a Lapith woman . Each metope is charged to ...
Page 55
... Centaurs at the extremes of the scene . The combats of Centaurs and Lapiths could not have been separated as they are into so many metopes on the left and so many on the right , yet all expressing the same sentiment , without some ...
... Centaurs at the extremes of the scene . The combats of Centaurs and Lapiths could not have been separated as they are into so many metopes on the left and so many on the right , yet all expressing the same sentiment , without some ...
Page 56
... Centaurs.1 In that portion of the composition we expect a preponderance of women , because most of the men would have already gone out to fight the Centaurs or to rescue the women who are being carried off . In that case we expect ...
... Centaurs.1 In that portion of the composition we expect a preponderance of women , because most of the men would have already gone out to fight the Centaurs or to rescue the women who are being carried off . In that case we expect ...
Page 57
... Centaurs , and was necessarily placed in the centre of the composition . But in a long series of detached metopes with no gradation of scale possible , the problem was different . There was no other way of suggesting the greater ...
... Centaurs , and was necessarily placed in the centre of the composition . But in a long series of detached metopes with no gradation of scale possible , the problem was different . There was no other way of suggesting the greater ...
Page 58
... Centaurs . Since then this view has been generally rejected , but without , as we think , due consideration . The only alternative which has been suggested is that the central metopes represent a congeries of legends having no direct ...
... Centaurs . Since then this view has been generally rejected , but without , as we think , due consideration . The only alternative which has been suggested is that the central metopes represent a congeries of legends having no direct ...
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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 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 Olympos original in Athens Parthenon frieze Pausanias pediment of Olympia peplos Pheidias PLATE Poseidon possible present procession raised recognise represent right arm right hand scene sculptured seated seen shield shoulders Slab south metopes south side spectator temple Theseus turning round vase west frieze west pediment whole wings woman women xoanon youth Zeus at Olympia