The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... VI 83 CHAPTER VII THE FRIEZE - continued 107 CHAPTER VIII THE ATHENÈ PARTHENOS BY PHEIDIAS 126 CHAPTER IX DETAILS OF THE FRIEZE IN CONSECUTIVE ORDER • 144 INDEX 171 ¡ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece • To face page I.
... VI 83 CHAPTER VII THE FRIEZE - continued 107 CHAPTER VIII THE ATHENÈ PARTHENOS BY PHEIDIAS 126 CHAPTER IX DETAILS OF THE FRIEZE IN CONSECUTIVE ORDER • 144 INDEX 171 ¡ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece • To face page I.
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... Pheidias . It was he who directed the whole of the work.1 The greater the extent and variety of the sculptures the more urgent was the need of a unifying purpose to bring the whole together into one scheme . The Parthenon was a new ...
... Pheidias . It was he who directed the whole of the work.1 The greater the extent and variety of the sculptures the more urgent was the need of a unifying purpose to bring the whole together into one scheme . The Parthenon was a new ...
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... Pheidias , besides having himself made the colossal gold and ivory statue of Athenè within the temple , was appointed by Pericles to direct all the public works then proceeding in Athens , including the Parthenon . The marvel was with ...
... Pheidias , besides having himself made the colossal gold and ivory statue of Athenè within the temple , was appointed by Pericles to direct all the public works then proceeding in Athens , including the Parthenon . The marvel was with ...
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... Pheidias undoubtedly was . All we know of Alcamenes points to his excellence in single statues of deities . Pheidias , on the other hand , was re- nowned for the wealth and splendour of his imagination . The combination of such a master ...
... Pheidias undoubtedly was . All we know of Alcamenes points to his excellence in single statues of deities . Pheidias , on the other hand , was re- nowned for the wealth and splendour of his imagination . The combination of such a master ...
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... Pheidias had much influence with Pericles , and presumably these two had selected the general scheme of the sculptures . How long the Parthenon had lasted in its original entirety and splendour we know not . Down to the second century ...
... Pheidias had much influence with Pericles , and presumably these two had selected the general scheme of the sculptures . How long the Parthenon had lasted in its original entirety and splendour we know not . Down to the second century ...
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Acropolis Acropolis of Athens action Alcamenes 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 Illustrations 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 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 statuette temple Theseus turning round vase west frieze west pediment whole wings woman women xoanon youth Zeus Zeus at Olympia
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Page 118 - I trust, from ever forgetting—what is meant by the virtue of handling in sculpture. The projection of the heads of the four horses, one behind the other, is certainly not more, altogether, than three-quarters of an inch from the flat ground, and the one in front does not in reality project more than the one behind it, yet, by mere drawing,* you see the sculptor has got them to appear to recede in due order, and by the soft rounding of the flesh surfaces, and modulation of the veins, he has taken...
Page 1 - WHEN the Parthenon stood forth complete on the Acropolis of Athens in or about the year 438 BC, there was no other building in the whole of Greece comparable even in the mere extent and variety of its sculptures.1 Imagine a frieze 522 feet in length 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 the four sides of...
Page 2 - ... workmanship. Within each of the two pediments or gables was an immense group of statues, the smallest equal to life size, the central figures colossal. Lastly, inside the Parthenon was the stupendous statue of Athene herself in gold and ivory by Pheidias. It was he who directed the whole of the...
Page 1 - B. c., there was no other building in the whole of Greece comparable even in the mere extent and variety of its sculptures.1 Imagine a frieze 522 feet in length 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 the four sides of the temple were ninety-two metopes, each consisting of a group of two figures two-thirds...