The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... Poseidon , and defeats him . All this is shown on the external sculp- tures . Within the colonnade the whole frieze is occupied with solemnities in honour of the gods , while inside the Parthenon itself the gratitude of the Athenians ...
... Poseidon , and defeats him . All this is shown on the external sculp- tures . Within the colonnade the whole frieze is occupied with solemnities in honour of the gods , while inside the Parthenon itself the gratitude of the Athenians ...
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... Poseidon . Then followed the frieze , equivalent to another long choral ode , describing the solemnity and pomp with which the Athenians accompanied their gift of a new robe to their goddess . The chryselephantine statue may be compared ...
... Poseidon . Then followed the frieze , equivalent to another long choral ode , describing the solemnity and pomp with which the Athenians accompanied their gift of a new robe to their goddess . The chryselephantine statue may be compared ...
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... Poseidon for divine sovereignty over the land of Attica . From these combined sources we see at once that the centre of the pediment had been occupied by Athenè and Poseidon as the two great protagonists . The goddess had arrived in a ...
... Poseidon for divine sovereignty over the land of Attica . From these combined sources we see at once that the centre of the pediment had been occupied by Athenè and Poseidon as the two great protagonists . The goddess had arrived in a ...
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... Poseidon seizes by the bridle a horse , below which are the brackish pool of water and the dolphins . Doubtless this one horse is a sufficient attribute of Poseidon , but com- paring the vase , so far as it goes , with the west pediment ...
... Poseidon seizes by the bridle a horse , below which are the brackish pool of water and the dolphins . Doubtless this one horse is a sufficient attribute of Poseidon , but com- paring the vase , so far as it goes , with the west pediment ...
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... Poseidon had made his spring of water flow . Thus the moment of greatest intensity had just been reached ; and this is amply reflected in the action of the two contending deities , to say nothing of the rearing horses of Athenè . That a ...
... Poseidon had made his spring of water flow . Thus the moment of greatest intensity had just been reached ; and this is amply reflected in the action of the two contending deities , to say nothing of the rearing horses of Athenè . That a ...
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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 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 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...