The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... appear , and completing the architectural framework which he left unfinished . We give separately the principal pedi- ment sculptures as they now exist . We reproduce copies of the gold and ivory statue of Athenè within the Parthenon ...
... appear , and completing the architectural framework which he left unfinished . We give separately the principal pedi- ment sculptures as they now exist . We reproduce copies of the gold and ivory statue of Athenè within the Parthenon ...
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... appear vertical , seen from below , while at the same time the background of the relief remains perpendicular . That was not altogether a novelty . We see it also in the capital of a column from the archaic temple of Diana at Ephesus ...
... appear vertical , seen from below , while at the same time the background of the relief remains perpendicular . That was not altogether a novelty . We see it also in the capital of a column from the archaic temple of Diana at Ephesus ...
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... appears to have been usual to have an official Board charged to super- vise the progress of the works , and to arrange contracts with sculptors , architects , and craftsmen . In several instances the records of the Boards have survived ...
... appears to have been usual to have an official Board charged to super- vise the progress of the works , and to arrange contracts with sculptors , architects , and craftsmen . In several instances the records of the Boards have survived ...
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... appearing in the very centre like a ghost to stay the combat , we have in each pediment of the Parthenon a central group of deities acting and re- acting on each other . The deities themselves are now the protagonists ; that was a vast ...
... appearing in the very centre like a ghost to stay the combat , we have in each pediment of the Parthenon a central group of deities acting and re- acting on each other . The deities themselves are now the protagonists ; that was a vast ...
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... appear side by side with Cecrops , who , though equally a personification to begin with , had passed over into the legendary history of Athens . To take the figures one by one , we begin as of right with the central group . And first it ...
... appear side by side with Cecrops , who , though equally a personification to begin with , had passed over into the legendary history of Athens . To take the figures one by one , we begin as of right with the central group . And first it ...
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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