The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... seen culminating in the new colossal statue of gold and ivory . To borrow the language of the drama , the east pediment may be called Act i . , representing the surprise of the birth of 1 Plutarch , ibid . , πάντα δὲ διεῖπε καὶ πάντων ...
... seen culminating in the new colossal statue of gold and ivory . To borrow the language of the drama , the east pediment may be called Act i . , representing the surprise of the birth of 1 Plutarch , ibid . , πάντα δὲ διεῖπε καὶ πάντων ...
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... seen only from the colonnade . There the relief is as high as in the metopes of the same building , which were exposed to the direct light of the sun . Yet what was good for the one could not have been good for the other . Or again , in ...
... seen only from the colonnade . There the relief is as high as in the metopes of the same building , which were exposed to the direct light of the sun . Yet what was good for the one could not have been good for the other . Or again , in ...
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... seen in the same glance with the pediments . The result might have been an apparent conflict between the two sets of figures , so widely different in pro- portions ; and probably it was to avoid an effect of this kind at Olympia that ...
... seen in the same glance with the pediments . The result might have been an apparent conflict between the two sets of figures , so widely different in pro- portions ; and probably it was to avoid an effect of this kind at Olympia that ...
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... seen two sets of plaster casts from the west frieze , the one set made for Lord Elgin , the other after an interval of about seventy years . How the marbles had suffered during that period is only too obvious . Apparently there is no ...
... seen two sets of plaster casts from the west frieze , the one set made for Lord Elgin , the other after an interval of about seventy years . How the marbles had suffered during that period is only too obvious . Apparently there is no ...
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... seen on the Acropolis of Athens . Apparently the first successful solution of the problem— how to utilise such a space for a sculptured composition with figures in the round - was the pediments of Aegina , particularly the west pediment ...
... seen on the Acropolis of Athens . Apparently the first successful solution of the problem— how to utilise such a space for a sculptured composition with figures in the round - was the pediments of Aegina , particularly the west pediment ...
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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