The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... question , Are the figures in the angles of both pediments deities of Olympos , or beings associated with the legendary history of Attica ? On that question turns the grandeur of the artistic conception as a whole . We must each decide ...
... question , Are the figures in the angles of both pediments deities of Olympos , or beings associated with the legendary history of Attica ? On that question turns the grandeur of the artistic conception as a whole . We must each decide ...
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... question is impossible . Therefore we accept the duplication of the north and south friezes as not only an artistic device , but a source of con- venience for ordinary spectators . The most natural thing for a spectator to do after ...
... question is impossible . Therefore we accept the duplication of the north and south friezes as not only an artistic device , but a source of con- venience for ordinary spectators . The most natural thing for a spectator to do after ...
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... it also in the capital of a column from the archaic temple of Diana at Ephesus . It was a question of optics . But the precise amount of • projection in the relief of the frieze was not otherwise POSITION OF THE FRIEZE 5.
... it also in the capital of a column from the archaic temple of Diana at Ephesus . It was a question of optics . But the precise amount of • projection in the relief of the frieze was not otherwise POSITION OF THE FRIEZE 5.
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... question was how to attain the greatest explicitness in a long composition mostly crowded with figures two or three deep , exhibited under diffused light and at a considerable distance from the eye . In these circumstances one might ...
... question was how to attain the greatest explicitness in a long composition mostly crowded with figures two or three deep , exhibited under diffused light and at a considerable distance from the eye . In these circumstances one might ...
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... question - that is , Attica . The produce of the land , es- pecially olive - growing , was to be supreme over sea - faring . It was what would now be called a " Little Athens " policy . We need say no more concerning the general ...
... question - that is , Attica . The produce of the land , es- pecially olive - growing , was to be supreme over sea - faring . It was what would now be called a " Little Athens " policy . We need say no more concerning the general ...
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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