The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... give the frieze almost entirely , as we now know it , in one long folding sheet . 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 ...
... give the frieze almost entirely , as we now know it , in one long folding sheet . 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 ...
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... give separately the principal pedi- ment sculptures as they now exist . We reproduce copies of the gold and ivory statue of Athenè within the Parthenon , and add a certain number of illustrations in half - tone plates . The ...
... give separately the principal pedi- ment sculptures as they now exist . We reproduce copies of the gold and ivory statue of Athenè within the Parthenon , and add a certain number of illustrations in half - tone plates . The ...
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... gives us the contracts for the temple of Asclepios at Epidauros . And that there had been a Board of this kind for the Parthenon appears from a fragment of papyrus in Strassburg.1 But whether any such Board would have had the power of ...
... gives us the contracts for the temple of Asclepios at Epidauros . And that there had been a Board of this kind for the Parthenon appears from a fragment of papyrus in Strassburg.1 But whether any such Board would have had the power of ...
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... give them as they were probably intended to be seen ( Pl . V. ) , the nearer head sculptured in a large , grand manner ; the farther head is only roughed out , and at the same time has been sliced off at the back to fit against the ...
... give them as they were probably intended to be seen ( Pl . V. ) , the nearer head sculptured in a large , grand manner ; the farther head is only roughed out , and at the same time has been sliced off at the back to fit against the ...
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... give ( Pl . IV . , Fig . 2 ) a group of two nymphs on a bronze relief in the British Musem . ' They are seated on a sea- monster , and are surprised , the head of Poseidon rising out of the sea . It is not strange , therefore , that the ...
... give ( Pl . IV . , Fig . 2 ) a group of two nymphs on a bronze relief in the British Musem . ' They are seated on a sea- monster , and are surprised , the head of Poseidon rising out of the sea . It is not strange , therefore , that the ...
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