The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... leg , as shown in Carrey , seem to give her an air of distinction , but ' Michaelis assigned these heads wrongly to the chariot of Athenè , as Sauer has already pointed out . D whether these features are sufficient to justify the name ...
... leg , as shown in Carrey , seem to give her an air of distinction , but ' Michaelis assigned these heads wrongly to the chariot of Athenè , as Sauer has already pointed out . D whether these features are sufficient to justify the name ...
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... legs of a serpent . But the sculptor has here been content to indicate this by a serpent at his side . One of his daughters has rushed to him in alarm , casting herself on her knees , and throwing her arm round his 1 The olive tree was ...
... legs of a serpent . But the sculptor has here been content to indicate this by a serpent at his side . One of his daughters has rushed to him in alarm , casting herself on her knees , and throwing her arm round his 1 The olive tree was ...
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... leg . Her left arm is not resting idly on the shoulder of F , but has been thrown on it in a hurried as well as affectionate manner . The figure F has swung herself round and raised her arms energetically , as if in terror . We cannot ...
... leg . Her left arm is not resting idly on the shoulder of F , but has been thrown on it in a hurried as well as affectionate manner . The figure F has swung herself round and raised her arms energetically , as if in terror . We cannot ...
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... legs , producing sharp- edged folds , and the drapery covering the rock on which she lies falls in flat masses . It would seem as if the sculptor had chosen this attitude and pose with an instinct for the effect of a figure seen in the ...
... legs , producing sharp- edged folds , and the drapery covering the rock on which she lies falls in flat masses . It would seem as if the sculptor had chosen this attitude and pose with an instinct for the effect of a figure seen in the ...
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... leg of Theseus ( or Cephalos ) . It appears that the sculptures had been covered originally with a thin wash or size of lime , so thin and transparent that in places we can see the finest tool - marks through it . Probably that was what ...
... leg of Theseus ( or Cephalos ) . It appears that the sculptures had been covered originally with a thin wash or size of lime , so thin and transparent that in places we can see the finest tool - marks through it . Probably that was what ...
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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...