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... for each figure may be argued interminably . But all these discussions revolve
round the simple question , Are the figures in the angles of both pediments
deities of Olympos , or beings associated with the legendary history of Attica ? On
that ...
... for each figure may be argued interminably . But all these discussions revolve
round the simple question , Are the figures in the angles of both pediments
deities of Olympos , or beings associated with the legendary history of Attica ? On
that ...
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Above the columns externally and round all the four sides of the temple were
ninety - two metopes , each consisting of a group of two figures two - thirds life
size , in the highest possible ! 1 Plutarch , Pericles , xiii . , speaking the workmen
vied ...
Above the columns externally and round all the four sides of the temple were
ninety - two metopes , each consisting of a group of two figures two - thirds life
size , in the highest possible ! 1 Plutarch , Pericles , xiii . , speaking the workmen
vied ...
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There he beheld Athenè contending with Poseidon , and only later , when he had
passed round to the east front , recognised her birth . In an artistic sense this was
doubtless a disadvantage for the pediment sculptures . But what was in some ...
There he beheld Athenè contending with Poseidon , and only later , when he had
passed round to the east front , recognised her birth . In an artistic sense this was
doubtless a disadvantage for the pediment sculptures . But what was in some ...
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... long side , but having two to deal with , he chose to make the one practically a
duplicate of the other , so that a visitor starting from the west end , as he naturally
would do , might take his choice of passing round by the north or the south side .
... long side , but having two to deal with , he chose to make the one practically a
duplicate of the other , so that a visitor starting from the west end , as he naturally
would do , might take his choice of passing round by the north or the south side .
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The frieze being visible only in the colonnade or , at farthest , on the steps of the
temple , and therefore in diffused light , was by a true instinct sculptured in very
low relief with no pronounced shadows except round the outer contours .
The frieze being visible only in the colonnade or , at farthest , on the steps of the
temple , and therefore in diffused light , was by a true instinct sculptured in very
low relief with no pronounced shadows except round the outer contours .
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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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