The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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Alexander Stuart Murray. neck . Her mantle , twisted among her feet , suggests that in her haste it had fallen and helped to throw her forward . The cause of her alarm is obvious . It was the violent contention of the two deities . Her ...
Alexander Stuart Murray. neck . Her mantle , twisted among her feet , suggests that in her haste it had fallen and helped to throw her forward . The cause of her alarm is obvious . It was the violent contention of the two deities . Her ...
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... suggests haste . Probably the left knee had been raised , the foot on the ground . His bodily forms are very simple , but very grand . That he represents the river Cephisos we are content to believe . The other figure , W , is a woman ...
... suggests haste . Probably the left knee had been raised , the foot on the ground . His bodily forms are very simple , but very grand . That he represents the river Cephisos we are content to believe . The other figure , W , is a woman ...
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... suggest a doubt as to the sisterly relation of all three . 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 most into view when the spectator ...
... suggest a doubt as to the sisterly relation of all three . 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 most into view when the spectator ...
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... suggest that the so - called Fates are the three peculiarly Attic personifications of morning dew , Aglauros , Hersè , and Pandrosos , as many have believed them to be since Welcker's identification of them in 1845. They would thus be a ...
... suggest that the so - called Fates are the three peculiarly Attic personifications of morning dew , Aglauros , Hersè , and Pandrosos , as many have believed them to be since Welcker's identification of them in 1845. They would thus be a ...
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... suggests alarm occasioned by the turbulence of the Centaurs at the extremes of the scene . The combats of Centaurs and Lapiths could not have been separated as they are into so many metopes on the left and so many on the right , yet all ...
... suggests alarm occasioned by the turbulence of the Centaurs at the extremes of the scene . The combats of Centaurs and Lapiths could not have been separated as they are into so many metopes on the left and so many on the right , yet all ...
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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