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Page 22
We now return to the two extreme angles of the pediment , having already
expressed an opinion that the reclining figure in the left , A , is a river - god , either
the Ilissos or Cephisos , and that the reclining woman in the right , W , may be the
...
We now return to the two extreme angles of the pediment , having already
expressed an opinion that the reclining figure in the left , A , is a river - god , either
the Ilissos or Cephisos , and that the reclining woman in the right , W , may be the
...
Page 31
... 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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On the base of his statue of Zeus at Olympia , representing the birth of Aphroditė ,
the sun was seen rising on the extreme left , the moon retiring on the right (
Pausanias , v . 11 , 3 ) , and on the base of his Athenè in the Parthenon itself the ...
On the base of his statue of Zeus at Olympia , representing the birth of Aphroditė ,
the sun was seen rising on the extreme left , the moon retiring on the right (
Pausanias , v . 11 , 3 ) , and on the base of his Athenè in the Parthenon itself the ...
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Or if we measure from the collar - bone to an extreme point on each shoulder , we
find a difference considerably greater than is possible in nature . It has been said
, “ The soul of Greece is her veracity . ” No one disputes that , but the position ...
Or if we measure from the collar - bone to an extreme point on each shoulder , we
find a difference considerably greater than is possible in nature . It has been said
, “ The soul of Greece is her veracity . ” No one disputes that , but the position ...
Page 43
... and two of the local Attic Horae for the left wing , should have fallen back on the
Fates for the right wing , instead of following up the principle of local
representation , a principle which in the west pediment he has pursued to its
extreme .
... and two of the local Attic Horae for the left wing , should have fallen back on the
Fates for the right wing , instead of following up the principle of local
representation , a principle which in the west pediment he has pursued to its
extreme .
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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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