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( 3 ) As regards the two pediments , we reproduce Carrey ' s drawings of the
sculptures as he saw them in the seventeenth century , in each case adding the
metopes as they now appear , and completing the architectural framework which
he ...
( 3 ) As regards the two pediments , we reproduce Carrey ' s drawings of the
sculptures as he saw them in the seventeenth century , in each case adding the
metopes as they now appear , and completing the architectural framework which
he ...
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The frieze being placed at a great height , and visible only at an acute angle , the
sculptor took the precaution of tilting forward the upper parts of the figures so as
to make them appear vertical , seen from below , while at the same time the ...
The frieze being placed at a great height , and visible only at an acute angle , the
sculptor took the precaution of tilting forward the upper parts of the figures so as
to make them appear vertical , seen from below , while at the same time the ...
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The story may be silly in some respects , but there was probably good authority
for it so far as concerned the essential difference between the two sculptors . ? 1
Tzetzes , Chil . viii . 353 . In the erection of public buildings in Greece it appears ...
The story may be silly in some respects , but there was probably good authority
for it so far as concerned the essential difference between the two sculptors . ? 1
Tzetzes , Chil . viii . 353 . In the erection of public buildings in Greece it appears ...
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In the erection of public buildings in Greece it appears to have been usual to
have an official Board charged to supervise the progress of the works , and to
arrange contracts with sculptors , architects , and craftsmen . In several instances
the ...
In the erection of public buildings in Greece it appears to have been usual to
have an official Board charged to supervise the progress of the works , and to
arrange contracts with sculptors , architects , and craftsmen . In several instances
the ...
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But there is this momentous difference , that , instead of a single deity appearing
in the very centre like a ghost to stay the combat , we have in each pediment of
the Parthenon a central group of deities acting and reacting on each other .
But there is this momentous difference , that , instead of a single deity appearing
in the very centre like a ghost to stay the combat , we have in each pediment of
the Parthenon a central group of deities acting and reacting on each other .
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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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