The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... recognised her birth . In an artistic sense this was doubtless a disadvantage for the pediment sculptures . But what was in some measure a loss to the pediments , through the inversion of the natural order of events , was a remarkable ...
... recognised her birth . In an artistic sense this was doubtless a disadvantage for the pediment sculptures . But what was in some measure a loss to the pediments , through the inversion of the natural order of events , was a remarkable ...
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... so far as it goes , with the west pediment , we must conclude that the one horse in effect represents the two horses of his chariot . As a result of this com- parison we must further recognise the olive tree between the 16 THE WEST ...
... so far as it goes , with the west pediment , we must conclude that the one horse in effect represents the two horses of his chariot . As a result of this com- parison we must further recognise the olive tree between the 16 THE WEST ...
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... recognise in her attitude and in the violence with which her scarf is twisted up round her shoulders more action than is per- ceptible in the opposite charioteer of Athenè , G. The broad girdle round her waist and her bare leg , as ...
... recognise in her attitude and in the violence with which her scarf is twisted up round her shoulders more action than is per- ceptible in the opposite charioteer of Athenè , G. The broad girdle round her waist and her bare leg , as ...
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... recognise Cecrops from the serpent , on whose coils his left hand rests . He was a being of a double nature — a man with the legs of a serpent . But the sculptor has here been content to indicate this by a serpent at his side . One of ...
... recognise Cecrops from the serpent , on whose coils his left hand rests . He was a being of a double nature — a man with the legs of a serpent . But the sculptor has here been content to indicate this by a serpent at his side . One of ...
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... recognise there a group of women and boys , P - U . One would have expected even more excitement among them since they were on the losing side . But it is hardly so . The woman Q next to Poseidon's charioteer is seated high to the front ...
... recognise there a group of women and boys , P - U . One would have expected even more excitement among them since they were on the losing side . But it is hardly so . The woman Q next to Poseidon's charioteer is seated high to the front ...
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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