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These drawings exist now in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris , " and are , in
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
...
These drawings exist now in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris , " and are , in
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
...
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We expect the same principle of composition in the east pediment , and as a
matter of 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 ...
We expect the same principle of composition in the east pediment , and as a
matter of 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 ...
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If the gods went to Ethiopia for a feast they might equally come to Athens , so the
Athenians may well have thought , for the birth of their protecting goddess The
view we here propose is in fact only an expansion of the invisible Zeus in the east
...
If the gods went to Ethiopia for a feast they might equally come to Athens , so the
Athenians may well have thought , for the birth of their protecting goddess The
view we here propose is in fact only an expansion of the invisible Zeus in the east
...
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in a quite general manner — not much more carefully , in 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 ...
in a quite general manner — not much more carefully , in 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 ...
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Here we should add that the backs of these two figures are rendered with
unusual care , and are in 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 ...
Here we should add that the backs of these two figures are rendered with
unusual care , and are in 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 ...
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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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