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There he beheld Athenè contending with Poseidon , and only later , when he had
passed round to the east front , recognised her birth . In an artistic sense this was
doubtless a disadvantage for the pediment sculptures . But what was in some ...
There he beheld Athenè contending with Poseidon , and only later , when he had
passed round to the east front , recognised her birth . In an artistic sense this was
doubtless a disadvantage for the pediment sculptures . But what was in some ...
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... as it goes , with the west pediment , we must conclude that the one horse in
effect represents the two horses of his chariot . As a result of this comparison we
must further recognise the olive tree between the deities 16 THE WEST
PEDIMENT.
... as it goes , with the west pediment , we must conclude that the one horse in
effect represents the two horses of his chariot . As a result of this comparison we
must further recognise the olive tree between the deities 16 THE WEST
PEDIMENT.
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parison we must further recognise the olive tree between the deities as equally
applicable to the centre of the pediment . Whether there were there also the
serpent and the Nike must be left in suspense . The chariot of Athenè we know
from ...
parison we must further recognise the olive tree between the deities as equally
applicable to the centre of the pediment . Whether there were there also the
serpent and the Nike must be left in suspense . The chariot of Athenè we know
from ...
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But it may mean also a separation in space . It is now agreed that the figures B , C
, D , E , F , in the left wing are Cecrops and his three daughters with the boy
Erichthonios . We recognise Cecrops from the serpent , on whose coils his left
hand ...
But it may mean also a separation in space . It is now agreed that the figures B , C
, D , E , F , in the left wing are Cecrops and his three daughters with the boy
Erichthonios . We recognise Cecrops from the serpent , on whose coils his left
hand ...
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In Carrey ' s drawing and partly also in the actual remains we recognise there a
group of women and boys , P - U . One would have expected even more
excitement among them since they were on the losing side . But it is hardly so .
In Carrey ' s drawing and partly also in the actual remains we recognise there a
group of women and boys , P - U . One would have expected even more
excitement among them since they were on the losing side . But it is hardly so .
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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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