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Imagine a frieze 522 feet in length sculptured all along with figures nearly half life
size , in many parts densely crowded till the marble could carry no more , the
whole in very low relief and executed with marvellous detail . Above the columns
...
Imagine a frieze 522 feet in length sculptured all along with figures nearly half life
size , in many parts densely crowded till the marble could carry no more , the
whole in very low relief and executed with marvellous detail . Above the columns
...
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... involving the 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 . ñ lower and carry off the chariot group of
Athenè in.
... involving the 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 . ñ 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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In any case , the two pediments stood in a dramatic relation to each other , with a
certain number of the personae carried over from the one act to the other . The
facts are there , and need no illustration from other works of Greek sculpture .
In any case , the two pediments stood in a dramatic relation to each other , with a
certain number of the personae carried over from the one act to the other . The
facts are there , and need no illustration from other works of Greek sculpture .
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But our suggestion is that he may equally have 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 ...
But our suggestion is that he may equally have 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 ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Sculptures of the Parthenon |
| Author | Alexander Stuart Murray |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 13 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 173 pages |
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