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Page 34
In the back row , and visible only as far as the busts , are , behind Zeus , Victory
holding a palm branch ; on her right , Artemis , Hades , and Persephonè ; on her
left , Poseidon . This relief was found in 1861 , at Kastell Osterburken , and is ...
In the back row , and visible only as far as the busts , are , behind Zeus , Victory
holding a palm branch ; on her right , Artemis , Hades , and Persephonè ; on her
left , Poseidon . This relief was found in 1861 , at Kastell Osterburken , and is ...
Page 49
We can imagine her left hand holding high one end of a bronzegilt ribbon , the
other end fastened by the slight iron plug which still remains on her left thigh . Her
right arm would then be stretched forward to welcome Athene ' s arrival . For the ...
We can imagine her left hand holding high one end of a bronzegilt ribbon , the
other end fastened by the slight iron plug which still remains on her left thigh . Her
right arm would then be stretched forward to welcome Athene ' s arrival . For the ...
Page 56
Here we have again a youth and a maiden — he turning away from her instead of
listening , she holding a lyre in her hands , which perhaps she has ceased to play
. Carrey ' s drawing does not show quite distinctly that it is a lyre she.
Here we have again a youth and a maiden — he turning away from her instead of
listening , she holding a lyre in her hands , which perhaps she has ceased to play
. Carrey ' s drawing does not show quite distinctly that it is a lyre she.
Page 58
He may have drawn accurately what he saw , and for all we know to the contrary
a woman holding out a scroll over a table may be consistent with a marriage
ceremony . But he has drawn the other woman turning her back to her
companion ...
He may have drawn accurately what he saw , and for all we know to the contrary
a woman holding out a scroll over a table may be consistent with a marriage
ceremony . But he has drawn the other woman turning her back to her
companion ...
Page 90
It seems odd that he should be holding up a parasol , and this may appear
contradictory to the theory of invisibility . But we must remember that certain
accessories were necessary for the identification of certain deities , and that in
the case of ...
It seems odd that he should be holding up a parasol , and this may appear
contradictory to the theory of invisibility . But we must remember that certain
accessories were necessary for the identification of certain deities , and that in
the case of ...
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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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