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To borrow the language of the drama , the east pediment may be called Act i . ,
representing the surprise of the birth of Plutarch , ibid . , trávra dè SLETTe Kai
πάντων επίσκοπος ήν αυτώ [ Περικλεί ] Peldías , and again , ó dè Deidías eipyá
ζετο ...
To borrow the language of the drama , the east pediment may be called Act i . ,
representing the surprise of the birth of Plutarch , ibid . , trávra dè SLETTe Kai
πάντων επίσκοπος ήν αυτώ [ Περικλεί ] Peldías , and again , ó dè Deidías eipyá
ζετο ...
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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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But whether any such Board would have had the power of choosing the subjects
to be represented is doubtful . We know that Pheidias had much influence with
Pericles , and presumably these two had selected the general scheme of the ...
But whether any such Board would have had the power of choosing the subjects
to be represented is doubtful . We know that Pheidias had much influence with
Pericles , and presumably these two had selected the general scheme of the ...
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Thus in the presence of onlookers in the flanks we have a new element of artistic
composition — a great central group of commanding importance , whose action
is being watched by persons who represent the locality and are interested in the
...
Thus in the presence of onlookers in the flanks we have a new element of artistic
composition — a great central group of commanding importance , whose action
is being watched by persons who represent the locality and are interested in the
...
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Within this group there was a further division , consisting of the two deities
themselves , represented at that stage of the contention between them when
Athenè had produced her olive tree on the Acropolis and Poseidon had made his
spring of ...
Within this group there was a further division , consisting of the two deities
themselves , represented at that stage of the contention between them when
Athenè had produced her olive tree on the Acropolis and Poseidon had made his
spring of ...
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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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