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Page 9
A too well aimed shell from the Venetians caused a terrific explosion . The result
was a great gap across the middle of the Parthenon , involving the destruction of
the centre metopes and much of the frieze . To add to this calamity , the Venetian
...
A too well aimed shell from the Venetians caused a terrific explosion . The result
was a great gap across the middle of the Parthenon , involving the destruction of
the centre metopes and much of the frieze . To add to this calamity , the Venetian
...
Page 11
... and finally , towards the centre , the protagonists , men of larger mould than the
others , like Homeric heroes ; and lastly , in the very centre , an invisible goddess
interfering to stay the combat . What we see is by no means a realistic battle .
... and finally , towards the centre , the protagonists , men of larger mould than the
others , like Homeric heroes ; and lastly , in the very centre , an invisible goddess
interfering to stay the combat . What we see is by no means a realistic battle .
Page 11
There we have still the protagonists in the centre , with an invisible deity between
them ; but the two flanks of the pediment are now occupied by obviously
secondary persons in the character of attendants and onlookers . In each of the
two ...
There we have still the protagonists in the centre , with an invisible deity between
them ; but the two flanks of the pediment are now occupied by obviously
secondary persons in the character of attendants and onlookers . In each of the
two ...
Page 11
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 chariot ( biga ) , and , as we shall see presently ,
Poseidon ...
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 chariot ( biga ) , and , as we shall see presently ,
Poseidon ...
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... had nent of s amply ities , to That a ; horses trioteer , e heads hat the at older
closed isolate pia the bviously : ctators . advance I a new : poetic r . But see at of
the arkedly terested ures so the whole centre of the pediment was occupied by
one.
... had nent of s amply ities , to That a ; horses trioteer , e heads hat the at older
closed isolate pia the bviously : ctators . advance I a new : poetic r . But see at of
the arkedly terested ures so the whole centre of the pediment was occupied by
one.
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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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