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After that the names of the several figures are of less consequence . Therefore
we have dealt briefly with matters of nomenclature all through . A . S . MURRAY .
November , 1902 . CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE INTRODUCTORY . CHAPTER
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After that the names of the several figures are of less consequence . Therefore
we have dealt briefly with matters of nomenclature all through . A . S . MURRAY .
November , 1902 . CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE INTRODUCTORY . CHAPTER
...
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The sculptor had doubtless foreseen this , and possibly that is why he was less
exacting in the execution of the south frieze . Later on , we shall have occasion to
notice much negligence there . The frieze being visible only in the colonnade or ...
The sculptor had doubtless foreseen this , and possibly that is why he was less
exacting in the execution of the south frieze . Later on , we shall have occasion to
notice much negligence there . The frieze being visible only in the colonnade or ...
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The common rule that a figure in relief should be one - third of its natural
thickness was not to be thought of , still less Plato ' s notion that figures in relief on
stelae were represented as if bisected vertically . The whole question was how to
attain ...
The common rule that a figure in relief should be one - third of its natural
thickness was not to be thought of , still less Plato ' s notion that figures in relief on
stelae were represented as if bisected vertically . The whole question was how to
attain ...
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... still less the Turks , who subsequently used it as a mosque , and in the end ,
when bombarded by the Venetians in 1687 , had a store of powder in it . A too
well aimed shell from the Venetians caused a terrific explosion . The result was a
...
... still less the Turks , who subsequently used it as a mosque , and in the end ,
when bombarded by the Venetians in 1687 , had a store of powder in it . A too
well aimed shell from the Venetians caused a terrific explosion . The result was a
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The others , more or less disfigured , remain in their original place , the fourth
being only sketched in on the back of the pediment . In certain late Roman reliefs
? the horses of Selenè appear plunging downward , their heads already lost ...
The others , more or less disfigured , remain in their original place , the fourth
being only sketched in on the back of the pediment . In certain late Roman reliefs
? the horses of Selenè appear plunging downward , their heads already lost ...
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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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