The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... sculptured all along with figures nearly half life size , in many parts densely crowded till the marble could carry no more , the whole in very low relief and executed with marvellous detail . Above the columns externally and round all ...
... sculptured all along with figures nearly half life size , in many parts densely crowded till the marble could carry no more , the whole in very low relief and executed with marvellous detail . Above the columns externally and round all ...
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... sculptured the first act of the drama ... the birth of the goddess . . . . In the western pediment the second act is rehearsed , the rivalry of Athenè and Poseidon . . . . In the sculptured me- topes ... the conflict is more clearly ...
... sculptured the first act of the drama ... the birth of the goddess . . . . In the western pediment the second act is rehearsed , the rivalry of Athenè and Poseidon . . . . In the sculptured me- topes ... the conflict is more clearly ...
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... sculptured in very low relief with no pronounced shadows except round the outer contours . In this respect we may notice a marked . difference in the frieze of the Theseum , which also was seen only from the colonnade . There the relief ...
... sculptured in very low relief with no pronounced shadows except round the outer contours . In this respect we may notice a marked . difference in the frieze of the Theseum , which also was seen only from the colonnade . There the relief ...
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... sculptured composition with figures in the round - was the pediments of Aegina , particularly the west pediment , where the incidents of a battlefield are ingeniously adapted to the given triangular space . In the acute angles are ...
... sculptured composition with figures in the round - was the pediments of Aegina , particularly the west pediment , where the incidents of a battlefield are ingeniously adapted to the given triangular space . In the acute angles are ...
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... 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 of the pediment.1 Curiously enough , the ear of the farther horse had ...
... 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 of the pediment.1 Curiously enough , the ear of the farther horse had ...
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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