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Apparently the first successful solution of the problemhow to utilise such a space
for a sculptured composition with figures in the round — was the pediments of
Aegina , particularly the west pediment , where the incidents of a battlefield are ...
Apparently the first successful solution of the problemhow to utilise such a space
for a sculptured composition with figures in the round — was the pediments of
Aegina , particularly the west pediment , where the incidents of a battlefield are ...
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But it may mean also a separation in space . It is now agreed that the figures B , C
, D , E , F , in the left wing are Cecrops and his three daughters with the boy
Erichthonios . We recognise Cecrops from the serpent , on whose coils his left
hand ...
But it may mean also a separation in space . It is now agreed that the figures B , C
, D , E , F , in the left wing are Cecrops and his three daughters with the boy
Erichthonios . We recognise Cecrops from the serpent , on whose coils his left
hand ...
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But there was the space of the pediment to be considered , and besides , we
must remember that it was the left side of this figure which came which came
most into view when the spectator stood midway beneath the pediment , looking
up .
But there was the space of the pediment to be considered , and besides , we
must remember that it was the left side of this figure which came which came
most into view when the spectator stood midway beneath the pediment , looking
up .
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CHAPTER IV THE SOUTH METOPES [ PLATE X. ] N a Doric temple there were
square spaces immediately above the architrave which were called metopes .
These square metopes might or might not be sculptured . On the Theseum at
Athens ...
CHAPTER IV THE SOUTH METOPES [ PLATE X. ] N a Doric temple there were
square spaces immediately above the architrave which were called metopes .
These square metopes might or might not be sculptured . On the Theseum at
Athens ...
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Each metope was of exactly the same size , and separated from the others by
exactly the same space . Since Carrey's time this metope has lost the two nearer
legs of the Centaur . Among other instances of this same spirit of avoiding strong
...
Each metope was of exactly the same size , and separated from the others by
exactly the same space . Since Carrey's time this metope has lost the two nearer
legs of the Centaur . Among other instances of this same spirit of avoiding strong
...
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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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