The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... artistic more than on archæological lines . To assist the reader in following an inquiry of this kind , it was necessary to devise a scheme of illustration which would embrace the whole of the sculptures , so far as they are now known ...
... artistic more than on archæological lines . To assist the reader in following an inquiry of this kind , it was necessary to devise a scheme of illustration which would embrace the whole of the sculptures , so far as they are now known ...
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... artistic conception as a whole . We must each decide one way or the other . After that the names of the several figures are of less consequence . Therefore we have dealt briefly with matters of nomenclature all through . A. S. MURRAY ...
... artistic conception as a whole . We must each decide one way or the other . After that the names of the several figures are of less consequence . Therefore we have dealt briefly with matters of nomenclature all through . A. S. MURRAY ...
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... en- hanced by its artistic beauty . Most wonderful of all was the rapidity of the construction . " ( H. Stuart Jones , Selected Passages , etc. ) relief , and full of the most beautiful workmanship . CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY I.
... en- hanced by its artistic beauty . Most wonderful of all was the rapidity of the construction . " ( H. Stuart Jones , Selected Passages , etc. ) relief , and full of the most beautiful workmanship . CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY I.
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... artistic sense this was doubtless a disadvantage for the pediment sculptures . But what was in some measure a loss to the pediments , through the inversion of the natural order of events , was a remarkable gain to the frieze . There the ...
... artistic sense this was doubtless a disadvantage for the pediment sculptures . But what was in some measure a loss to the pediments , through the inversion of the natural order of events , was a remarkable gain to the frieze . There the ...
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... artistic device , but a source of con- venience for ordinary spectators . The most natural thing for a spectator to do after examining the preparation and start on the west frieze was to turn to the left and pass round by the north side ...
... artistic device , but a source of con- venience for ordinary spectators . The most natural thing for a spectator to do after examining the preparation and start on the west frieze was to turn to the left and pass round by the north side ...
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