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Page 47
But the moment we look a little further towards the back of the figure we come
upon folds which are merely blocked out in the roughest manner . How far this
sudden change from utmost beauty of detail to general negligence was due to
haste ...
But the moment we look a little further towards the back of the figure we come
upon folds which are merely blocked out in the roughest manner . How far this
sudden change from utmost beauty of detail to general negligence was due to
haste ...
Page 64
Accordingly , when we look at the series as a whole , they seem to throw
themselves into pairs set back to back ( 1 , 2 ) , or face to face ( 2 , 3 ) , while
again two groups may be regarded as following one after the other ( 3 , 4 ) . Nos .
4 , 5 again ...
Accordingly , when we look at the series as a whole , they seem to throw
themselves into pairs set back to back ( 1 , 2 ) , or face to face ( 2 , 3 ) , while
again two groups may be regarded as following one after the other ( 3 , 4 ) . Nos .
4 , 5 again ...
Page 75
Compare , for instance , the Lapith torso , of 31 , 32 , the former laboriously
rendered , with the result that it looks hard and formal ; the other generalised ,
with the result that it looks full of life . The metopes of the other sides ,
unfortunately in ...
Compare , for instance , the Lapith torso , of 31 , 32 , the former laboriously
rendered , with the result that it looks hard and formal ; the other generalised ,
with the result that it looks full of life . The metopes of the other sides ,
unfortunately in ...
Page 80
... but in each case there is no combatant as we expect . He must be somewhere
near . On all analogy he should be in front . We therefore look for him in the next
metope in front 80 METOPES OF THE NORTH , EAST , AND WEST SIDES.
... but in each case there is no combatant as we expect . He must be somewhere
near . On all analogy he should be in front . We therefore look for him in the next
metope in front 80 METOPES OF THE NORTH , EAST , AND WEST SIDES.
Page 81
therefore look for him in the next metope in front . In effect we find him so in each
case . Accordingly we have four instances in which two contiguous metopes form
one group as regards subject , i . e . 5 and 6 , 7 and 8 , 9 and 10 , 13 and 14 .
therefore look for him in the next metope in front . In effect we find him so in each
case . Accordingly we have four instances in which two contiguous metopes form
one group as regards subject , i . e . 5 and 6 , 7 and 8 , 9 and 10 , 13 and 14 .
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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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