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There the task of the sculptor was to exhibit in full the Panathenaic procession ,
with its preparations. Prof . Butcher , in Some Aspects of the Greek Genius , p . 36
, says of the Parthenon , “ In the eastern pediment is sculptured the first act of the
...
There the task of the sculptor was to exhibit in full the Panathenaic procession ,
with its preparations. Prof . Butcher , in Some Aspects of the Greek Genius , p . 36
, says of the Parthenon , “ In the eastern pediment is sculptured the first act of the
...
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exhibit in full the Panathenaic procession , with its preparations and start , its
progress through the streets of Athens , and its climax on the Acropolis , where
the gods were seated to receive the new robe and the sacrifice of cows and
sheep .
exhibit in full the Panathenaic procession , with its preparations and start , its
progress through the streets of Athens , and its climax on the Acropolis , where
the gods were seated to receive the new robe and the sacrifice of cows and
sheep .
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In these circumstances one might have expected to find all inner details
sacrificed to the main outlines of the procession . Such , however , is not the case
. The inner modelling of horse and man is indeed kept so low as to be invisible at
a ...
In these circumstances one might have expected to find all inner details
sacrificed to the main outlines of the procession . Such , however , is not the case
. The inner modelling of horse and man is indeed kept so low as to be invisible at
a ...
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In the matter of artistic composition we pass from the isolated groups of the
metopes to the uninterrupted procession of the frieze . A poetic narrative which
carries us along by its charms of style and by the skilful distribution of its parts , is
what ...
In the matter of artistic composition we pass from the isolated groups of the
metopes to the uninterrupted procession of the frieze . A poetic narrative which
carries us along by its charms of style and by the skilful distribution of its parts , is
what ...
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But on the frieze of the Parthenon that was impossible , because of the nature of
the subject - a public procession of ordinary mortals on their way from one
quarter of Athens to the Acropolis , where there was to be a magnificent sacrifice
to the ...
But on the frieze of the Parthenon that was impossible , because of the nature of
the subject - a public procession of ordinary mortals on their way from one
quarter of Athens to the Acropolis , where there was to be a magnificent sacrifice
to the ...
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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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