The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... fact , the only evidence we possess as to large sections of the sculptures which have disappeared . They are therefore invaluable . In their way they are masterly and truthful - very different from the fanciful sketches of Cyriac of ...
... fact , the only evidence we possess as to large sections of the sculptures which have disappeared . They are therefore invaluable . In their way they are masterly and truthful - very different from the fanciful sketches of Cyriac of ...
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... fact the prevailing opinion of late years has been distinctly in that direction . The point we desire to press most is this : If the deities in the west pediment were by their nature invisibly present in the atmosphere of the Acropolis ...
... fact the prevailing opinion of late years has been distinctly in that direction . The point we desire to press most is this : If the deities in the west pediment were by their nature invisibly present in the atmosphere of the Acropolis ...
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... fact only an expansion of the invisible Zeus in the east and the invisible Apollo in the west pediment of Olympia , to which we may add the invisible Athene of the Aegina pediments . It is a development of the Homeric idea of shrouding ...
... fact only an expansion of the invisible Zeus in the east and the invisible Apollo in the west pediment of Olympia , to which we may add the invisible Athene of the Aegina pediments . It is a development of the Homeric idea of shrouding ...
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... fact , than the back of the figure , and in striking contrast with the marvellous beauty of the nearer side . Beautiful as is the structure of the bones of the right knee , which is farther away , it cannot compare with the charms of ...
... fact , than the back of the figure , and in striking contrast with the marvellous beauty of the nearer side . Beautiful as is the structure of the bones of the right knee , which is farther away , it cannot compare with the charms of ...
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... fact very beautiful . The third Hora , G , was at one time called Iris because of her rapid motion as of one running in from a distance with news to the two seated figures , E , F ; but her action no more implies distance than does that ...
... fact very beautiful . The third Hora , G , was at one time called Iris because of her rapid motion as of one running in from a distance with news to the two seated figures , E , F ; but her action no more implies distance than does that ...
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Acropolis Acropolis of Athens action Alcamenes angle Aphroditè apobates appear artistic Athenè Athenians attitude beauty birth of Athenè body British Museum Carrey's drawing carry cast Cecrops Centaur Centaurs and Lapiths central group central metopes centre chariot chariot group chiton colossal composition cows deities drapery east frieze effect Elgin Room Ergastinae figure folds fore leg front girls goddess gods gold and ivory Greek head helmet Hephaestos Hera horses Ilissos Illustrations instances knee Lapith left arm left hand long sides Lord Elgin mantle marble Michaelis nearer north frieze north side nude form Olympia Olympos original in Athens Parthenon frieze Pausanias peplos Pheidias PLATE Poseidon possible procession raised recognise represent right arm right hand scene sculptured seated seen shield shoulders Slab south metopes south side spectator statuette temple Theseus turning round vase west frieze west pediment whole wings woman women xoanon youth Zeus Zeus at Olympia
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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...