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Apparently the first successful solution of the problemhow to utilise such a space
for a sculptured composition with figures in the round — was the pediments of
Aegina , particularly the west pediment , where the incidents of a battlefield are ...
Apparently the first successful solution of the problemhow to utilise such a space
for a sculptured composition with figures in the round — was the pediments of
Aegina , particularly the west pediment , where the incidents of a battlefield are ...
Page 20
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 ...
Page 40
But there was the space of the pediment to be considered , and besides , we
must remember that it was the left side of this figure which came most into view
when the spectator stood midway beneath the pediment , looking up . In that
aspect ...
But there was the space of the pediment to be considered , and besides , we
must remember that it was the left side of this figure which came most into view
when the spectator stood midway beneath the pediment , looking up . In that
aspect ...
Page 52
CHAPTER IV THE SOUTH METOPES ( PLATE X . ) IN a Doric temple there were
square spaces immediately 1 above the architrave which were called metopes .
These square metopes might or might not be sculptured . On the Theseum at ...
CHAPTER IV THE SOUTH METOPES ( PLATE X . ) IN a Doric temple there were
square spaces immediately 1 above the architrave which were called metopes .
These square metopes might or might not be sculptured . On the Theseum at ...
Page 66
Each metope was of exactly the same size , and separated from the others by
exactly the same space . Since Carrey ' s time this metope has lost the two nearer
legs of the Centaur . Among other instances of this same spirit of avoiding strong
...
Each metope was of exactly the same size , and separated from the others by
exactly the same space . Since Carrey ' s time this metope has lost the two nearer
legs of the Centaur . Among other instances of this same spirit of avoiding strong
...
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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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