The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... beauty in detail will also be readily recognisable in the process of photogravure which has been employed . ( 2 ) A similarly comprehensive view of the whole of the metopes seemed undesirable for two reasons : first , because a large ...
... beauty in detail will also be readily recognisable in the process of photogravure which has been employed . ( 2 ) A similarly comprehensive view of the whole of the metopes seemed undesirable for two reasons : first , because a large ...
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... - 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.
... - 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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... beauty . The metopes presented a complicated problem . For the sake of the light the figures had to be in the highest possible relief . For the sake of the architecture they could not be more than two - thirds life size . Yet certain of ...
... beauty . The metopes presented a complicated problem . For the sake of the light the figures had to be in the highest possible relief . For the sake of the architecture they could not be more than two - thirds life size . Yet certain of ...
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... beauty of this figure , with its fearless truth to nature not only in the bodily forms , but also in that sense of energising vitality which Nature herself so strangely communicates to us in her operations . The attitude is such that ...
... beauty of this figure , with its fearless truth to nature not only in the bodily forms , but also in that sense of energising vitality which Nature herself so strangely communicates to us in her operations . The attitude is such that ...
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... beauty of the nearer side . Beautiful as is the structure of the bones of the right knee , which is farther away , it cannot compare with the charms of precise de- lineation in the bones of the left knee . Or if we measure from the ...
... beauty of the nearer side . Beautiful as is the structure of the bones of the right knee , which is farther away , it cannot compare with the charms of precise de- lineation in the bones of the left knee . Or if we measure from the ...
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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