The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... equally a personification to begin with , had passed over into the legendary history of Athens . To take the figures one by one , we begin as of right with the central group . And first it will be of interest to notice a Greek vase in ...
... equally a personification to begin with , had passed over into the legendary history of Athens . To take the figures one by one , we begin as of right with the central group . And first it will be of interest to notice a Greek vase in ...
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... equally applicable to the centre of the pedi- Whether there were there also the serpent and the Nikè must be left in suspense . The chariot of Athenè we know from Carrey's drawings , but by his time the horses of Poseidon had ...
... equally applicable to the centre of the pedi- Whether there were there also the serpent and the Nikè must be left in suspense . The chariot of Athenè we know from Carrey's drawings , but by his time the horses of Poseidon had ...
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Alexander Stuart Murray. and pool which they had created . ' Their charioteers were equally invisible and present on the Acropolis . But the figures in the two wings , consisting of interested spectators in the form of local heroes or ...
Alexander Stuart Murray. and pool which they had created . ' Their charioteers were equally invisible and present on the Acropolis . But the figures in the two wings , consisting of interested spectators in the form of local heroes or ...
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... equally with no trace of any figure . In our judgment these two gaps are an essential part of the composition . So far as the left wing 1E 788 , a vase in the form of a sphinx surmounted by a cup , on which the design is painted ...
... equally with no trace of any figure . In our judgment these two gaps are an essential part of the composition . So far as the left wing 1E 788 , a vase in the form of a sphinx surmounted by a cup , on which the design is painted ...
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... equally come to Athens , so the Athenians may well have thought , for the birth of their protecting goddess . The view we here propose is in fact only an expansion of the invisible Zeus in the east and the invisible Apollo in the west ...
... equally come to Athens , so the Athenians may well have thought , for the birth of their protecting goddess . The view we here propose is in fact only an expansion of the invisible Zeus in the east and the invisible Apollo in the west ...
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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