The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... carry no more , the whole in very low relief and executed with marvellous detail . Above the columns externally and round all the four sides of the temple were ninety - two metopes , each consisting of a group of two figures two ...
... carry no more , the whole in very low relief and executed with marvellous detail . Above the columns externally and round all the four sides of the temple were ninety - two metopes , each consisting of a group of two figures two ...
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... destruction of the centre metopes and much of the frieze . To add to this calamity , the Venetian general , Morosini , attempted to 1 Bruno Keil , Anonymus Argentinensis , p . 75 . C lower and carry off the chariot group of Athenè in.
... destruction of the centre metopes and much of the frieze . To add to this calamity , the Venetian general , Morosini , attempted to 1 Bruno Keil , Anonymus Argentinensis , p . 75 . C lower and carry off the chariot group of Athenè in.
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Alexander Stuart Murray. lower and carry off the chariot group of Athenè in the west pediment . But his tackle gave way , and the group was broken into fragments . Some years previous to the Venetian bombardment it happened , fortunately ...
Alexander Stuart Murray. lower and carry off the chariot group of Athenè in the west pediment . But his tackle gave way , and the group was broken into fragments . Some years previous to the Venetian bombardment it happened , fortunately ...
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... carried over from the one act to the other . The facts are there , and need no illustration from other works of Greek sculpture . But we may mention as more or less analogous and nearly contemporary the narrow frieze of the Nereid ...
... carried over from the one act to the other . The facts are there , and need no illustration from other works of Greek sculpture . But we may mention as more or less analogous and nearly contemporary the narrow frieze of the Nereid ...
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... carried over an angle group from the first act of the drama to the second . In a word , we suggest that the so - called Fates are the three peculiarly Attic personifications of morning dew , Aglauros , Hersè , and Pandrosos , as many ...
... carried over an angle group from the first act of the drama to the second . In a word , we suggest that the so - called Fates are the three peculiarly Attic personifications of morning dew , Aglauros , Hersè , and Pandrosos , as many ...
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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