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Page 11
In the Elgin Room of the British Museum may be seen two sets of plaster casts
from the west frieze , the one set made for Lord Elgin , the other after an interval
of about seventy years . How the marbles had suffered during that period is only
too ...
In the Elgin Room of the British Museum may be seen two sets of plaster casts
from the west frieze , the one set made for Lord Elgin , the other after an interval
of about seventy years . How the marbles had suffered during that period is only
too ...
Page 20
One of his daughters has rushed to him in alarm , casting herself on her knees ,
and throwing her arm round his 1 The olive tree was destroyed during 2 TÒV
døvn Kékpotro . Anth . Gr . the Persian sack of the Acropolis , but App . 14 ( ed .
One of his daughters has rushed to him in alarm , casting herself on her knees ,
and throwing her arm round his 1 The olive tree was destroyed during 2 TÒV
døvn Kékpotro . Anth . Gr . the Persian sack of the Acropolis , but App . 14 ( ed .
Page 42
The nose and mouth times been thought to belong to K , but are restored . See
the cast in the Elgin more frequently perhaps it is assigned Room .
COMPARISON WITH WEST PEDIMENT 43 1 who either had already 42 THE
EAST PEDIMENT.
The nose and mouth times been thought to belong to K , but are restored . See
the cast in the Elgin more frequently perhaps it is assigned Room .
COMPARISON WITH WEST PEDIMENT 43 1 who either had already 42 THE
EAST PEDIMENT.
Page 46
... figure M sculptured as in twilight , and illumined by the waning moon ; that is to
say , without deep shadows in the folds of the drapery such as the sun casts , but
with a predominance of edges of folds as if seen emerging in obscurity .
... figure M sculptured as in twilight , and illumined by the waning moon ; that is to
say , without deep shadows in the folds of the drapery such as the sun casts , but
with a predominance of edges of folds as if seen emerging in obscurity .
Page 60
There is a cast of it in the Elgin Room ( Pl . XI . ) . It represents two Lapith women ,
one sitting on a rock , the other approaching her . This metope deserves careful
inspection , because , apart from it , we have almost no means of controlling ...
There is a cast of it in the Elgin Room ( Pl . XI . ) . It represents two Lapith women ,
one sitting on a rock , the other approaching her . This metope deserves careful
inspection , because , apart from it , we have almost no means of controlling ...
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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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