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Page 10
... the French Ambassador to the Porte , M . Choiseul - Gouffier , appropriated a
slab of the frieze and two metopes . The slab of frieze and one of these metopes
are now in the Louvre . The other metope was recovered for the British Museum .
... the French Ambassador to the Porte , M . Choiseul - Gouffier , appropriated a
slab of the frieze and two metopes . The slab of frieze and one of these metopes
are now in the Louvre . The other metope was recovered for the British Museum .
Page 70
One slab will serve as an illustration . There is no delay there in striking . There is
indeed a brutality in both Centaur and Lapith which is far removed from the spirit
of the Parthenon metopes . We see also there how a dead Centaur could be ...
One slab will serve as an illustration . There is no delay there in striking . There is
indeed a brutality in both Centaur and Lapith which is far removed from the spirit
of the Parthenon metopes . We see also there how a dead Centaur could be ...
Page 85
... round all the figures . The total length of the frieze was over 522 feet 10 inches .
Of this something less than the half , 240 feet 6 inches , was brought home by
Lord Elgin . From the west frieze he removed only one slab and a figure
SUBJECT ...
... round all the figures . The total length of the frieze was over 522 feet 10 inches .
Of this something less than the half , 240 feet 6 inches , was brought home by
Lord Elgin . From the west frieze he removed only one slab and a figure
SUBJECT ...
Page 86
west frieze he removed only one slab and a figure close to the angle ; the rest of it
remains in its place on the building , exposed to the weather , which is often
severe in Athens during the winter . That the west frieze has suffered greatly on
this ...
west frieze he removed only one slab and a figure close to the angle ; the rest of it
remains in its place on the building , exposed to the weather , which is often
severe in Athens during the winter . That the west frieze has suffered greatly on
this ...
Page 87
It will be noticed in many of the slabs that angle pieces have been broken off .
The cause of this was the excessively fine joints of the slabs , which allowed of no
play when the building was subjected to any strain as during the gunpowder ...
It will be noticed in many of the slabs that angle pieces have been broken off .
The cause of this was the excessively fine joints of the slabs , which allowed of no
play when the building was subjected to any strain as during the gunpowder ...
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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...
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Sculptures of the Parthenon |
| Author | Alexander Stuart Murray |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 173 pages |
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