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With this purpose in view , it has been found practicable ( 1 ) to 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 ...
With this purpose in view , it has been found practicable ( 1 ) to 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 ...
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We give separately the principal pediment 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 interpretation
of the ...
We give separately the principal pediment 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 interpretation
of the ...
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One of the most interesting 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 . But whether any such Board
would ...
One of the most interesting 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 . But whether any such Board
would ...
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We 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 vertical wall
...
We 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 vertical wall
...
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For that purpose we give ( Pl . IV . , Fig . 2 ) a group of two nymphs on a bronze
relief in the British Musem . They are seated on a seamonster , and are surprised
, the head of Poseidon rising out of the sea . It is not strange , therefore , that the ...
For that purpose we give ( Pl . IV . , Fig . 2 ) a group of two nymphs on a bronze
relief in the British Musem . They are seated on a seamonster , and are surprised
, the head of Poseidon rising out of the sea . It is not strange , therefore , that the ...
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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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