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Page 4
... from the west end , as he naturally would do , might take his choice of passing
round by the north or the south side . ... the left and pass round by the north side ,
where he would find himself close to many interesting objects on the Acropolis .
... from the west end , as he naturally would do , might take his choice of passing
round by the north or the south side . ... the left and pass round by the north side ,
where he would find himself close to many interesting objects on the Acropolis .
Page 31
The action of that group is not shared by the figures in the wings , but only passes
over to them in its consequences . We expect the same principle of composition
in the east pediment , and as a matter of fact the prevailing opinion of late years ...
The action of that group is not shared by the figures in the wings , but only passes
over to them in its consequences . We expect the same principle of composition
in the east pediment , and as a matter of fact the prevailing opinion of late years ...
Page 32
An Athenian standing at dawn before the east front of the Parthenon and looking
towards the pediment might see the sun rising from the sea on his left and the
moon passing on his right away over the hills . He would know no other sun and
...
An Athenian standing at dawn before the east front of the Parthenon and looking
towards the pediment might see the sun rising from the sea on his left and the
moon passing on his right away over the hills . He would know no other sun and
...
Page 56
We have already spoken of metopes 15 , 16 , and now pass on to 17 . 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
...
We have already spoken of metopes 15 , 16 , and now pass on to 17 . 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
...
Page 59
He would then have to choose whether he would pass along by the north or by
the south side of the Parthenon , following the metopes as he went on .
Whichever side he chose he would find the same subject - - the Centauromachia
in ...
He would then have to choose whether he would pass along by the north or by
the south side of the Parthenon , following the metopes as he went on .
Whichever side he chose he would find the same subject - - the Centauromachia
in ...
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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...
Bibliographic information
| 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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