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Page 11
Thus in the presence of onlookers in the flanks we have a new element of artistic
composition — a great central group of commanding importance , whose action
is being watched by persons who represent the locality and are interested in the
...
Thus in the presence of onlookers in the flanks we have a new element of artistic
composition — a great central group of commanding importance , whose action
is being watched by persons who represent the locality and are interested in the
...
Page 15
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 Athenė . That a similar degree of excitement had been shown by the ...
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 Athenė . That a similar degree of excitement had been shown by the ...
Page 17
We are inclined to recognise in her attitude and in the violence with which her
scarf is twisted up round her shoulders more action than is perceptible in the
opposite charioteer of Athenė , G . The broad girdle round her waist and her bare
leg ...
We are inclined to recognise in her attitude and in the violence with which her
scarf is twisted up round her shoulders more action than is perceptible in the
opposite charioteer of Athenė , G . The broad girdle round her waist and her bare
leg ...
Page 18
Some have proposed to identify this female figure , N , behind the missing horses
of Poseidon with the torso of Victory at present placed in the east pediment in the
Elgin Room ( Pl . VIII . , Fig . 1 ) . In action and costume both are much alike ...
Some have proposed to identify this female figure , N , behind the missing horses
of Poseidon with the torso of Victory at present placed in the east pediment in the
Elgin Room ( Pl . VIII . , Fig . 1 ) . In action and costume both are much alike ...
Page 21
... her excitement , especially the sister nearest the centre , who in Carrey ' s
drawing corresponds singularly with the so - called Iris , G , of the east pediment ,
both in the slightness of her figure and in her action of turning away from the
centre .
... her excitement , especially the sister nearest the centre , who in Carrey ' s
drawing corresponds singularly with the so - called Iris , G , of the east pediment ,
both in the slightness of her figure and in her action of turning away from the
centre .
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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...
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| 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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