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Page 11
... arrived in a chariot ( biga ) , and , as we shall see presently , Poseidon must
have come on the scene in the same manner , though his chariot was destroyed
before Carrey ' s time . Each chariot had a driver , with an attendant on foot , and
...
... arrived in a chariot ( biga ) , and , as we shall see presently , Poseidon must
have come on the scene in the same manner , though his chariot was destroyed
before Carrey ' s time . Each chariot had a driver , with an attendant on foot , and
...
Page 18
We shall see that on the frieze each chariot is accompanied by a man on foot ,
whose function was to assist the driver in keeping his team in order , and usually
he is there also placed at the farther side of the horses . The divine chariots in the
...
We shall see that on the frieze each chariot is accompanied by a man on foot ,
whose function was to assist the driver in keeping his team in order , and usually
he is there also placed at the farther side of the horses . The divine chariots in the
...
Page 27
He is excited by the contest of the two deities , and raises himself in his channel ,
pulling back his left foot and raising his right knee ; his right hand has caught hold
of an end of his mantle , dragging it forward , an action always significant of ...
He is excited by the contest of the two deities , and raises himself in his channel ,
pulling back his left foot and raising his right knee ; his right hand has caught hold
of an end of his mantle , dragging it forward , an action always significant of ...
Page 60
... necessarily do not convey to us the sense of reality and force which strikes us
in the actual marbles . Let us examine this northern metope from the point of view
just indicated . The woman on the right is seated on a rock with one foot raised .
... necessarily do not convey to us the sense of reality and force which strikes us
in the actual marbles . Let us examine this northern metope from the point of view
just indicated . The woman on the right is seated on a rock with one foot raised .
Page 61
Her right foot is thrown back with the ungainly but true result that the heavy
material of the chiton falls straight down from the knee instead of following the
bend of the leg . The same effect appears in the seated figure . We are calling
attention to ...
Her right foot is thrown back with the ungainly but true result that the heavy
material of the chiton falls straight down from the knee instead of following the
bend of the leg . The same effect appears in the seated figure . We are calling
attention 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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