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The mere magnitude of the frieze as an artistic conception will thus be apparent
at a glance , and I trust that its extraordinary beauty in detail will also be readily
recognisable in the process of photogravure which has been employed .
The mere magnitude of the frieze as an artistic conception will thus be apparent
at a glance , and I trust that its extraordinary beauty in detail will also be readily
recognisable in the process of photogravure which has been employed .
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... THE FRIEZE - continued . 107 CHAPTER VIII THE ATHENÈ PARTHENOS BY
PHEIDIAS 126 CHAPTER IX DETAILS OF THE FRIEZE IN CONSECUTIVE
ORDER 144 INDEX 171 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 19 13 3 HEAD OF
YOUTH.
... THE FRIEZE - continued . 107 CHAPTER VIII THE ATHENÈ PARTHENOS BY
PHEIDIAS 126 CHAPTER IX DETAILS OF THE FRIEZE IN CONSECUTIVE
ORDER 144 INDEX 171 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 19 13 3 HEAD OF
YOUTH.
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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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In these circumstances one might have expected to find all inner details
sacrificed to the main outlines of the procession . Such , however , is not the case
. The inner modelling of horse and man is indeed kept so low as to be invisible at
a ...
In these circumstances one might have expected to find all inner details
sacrificed to the main outlines of the procession . Such , however , is not the case
. The inner modelling of horse and man is indeed kept so low as to be invisible at
a ...
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Yet who knows but Pheidias himself had advanced on the same lines as his pupil
, bestowing on individual figures or groups charms of detail which were not really
required by their function in a great composition ? We are told of a competition ...
Yet who knows but Pheidias himself had advanced on the same lines as his pupil
, bestowing on individual figures or groups charms of detail which were not really
required by their function in a great composition ? We are told of a competition ...
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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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