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Her birth , her influence on the civilisation of mankind , her special services to
Attica , and the consequent gratitude of the Athenians , these were the themes
which naturally arose in his mind . Accordingly , in the east pediment , the most ...
Her birth , her influence on the civilisation of mankind , her special services to
Attica , and the consequent gratitude of the Athenians , these were the themes
which naturally arose in his mind . Accordingly , in the east pediment , the most ...
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There he beheld Athenè contending with Poseidon , and only later , when he had
passed round to the east front , recognised her birth . In an artistic sense this was
doubtless a disadvantage for the pediment sculptures . But what was in some ...
There he beheld Athenè contending with Poseidon , and only later , when he had
passed round to the east front , recognised her birth . In an artistic sense this was
doubtless a disadvantage for the pediment sculptures . But what was in some ...
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But we are told by Pausanias in the briefest possible words that the whole of the
sculptures of this pediment were concerned with the birth of Athenè . With this
authentic information we see at once that what is now a great void in the centre
had ...
But we are told by Pausanias in the briefest possible words that the whole of the
sculptures of this pediment were concerned with the birth of Athenè . With this
authentic information we see at once that what is now a great void in the centre
had ...
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... present at the birth of Athenè ? In other words : Did the whole composition of
the east pediment represent a united homogeneous body ? If so , why are those
in the angles so unprepared for what is happening in their midst ? As we
examine ...
... present at the birth of Athenè ? In other words : Did the whole composition of
the east pediment represent a united homogeneous body ? If so , why are those
in the angles so unprepared for what is happening in their midst ? As we
examine ...
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... as at a peaceful dawn . There is no agitation in the extreme angles . And what
would have been the significance of the birth of the goddess for the Athenians if it
had been an event which concerned the whole SUBJECT AND COMPOSITION.
... as at a peaceful dawn . There is no agitation in the extreme angles . And what
would have been the significance of the birth of the goddess for the Athenians if it
had been an event which concerned the whole SUBJECT AND COMPOSITION.
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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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