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From the family of Cecrops we now turn more particularly to the supposed family
of Erechtheus in the right wing . In Carrey ' s drawing and partly also in the actual
remains we recognise there a group of women and boys , P - U . One would ...
From the family of Cecrops we now turn more particularly to the supposed family
of Erechtheus in the right wing . In Carrey ' s drawing and partly also in the actual
remains we recognise there a group of women and boys , P - U . One would ...
Page 40
As regards the two seated figures , the extent of their surprise is greater than is
usually supposed . The one , E , throws out her right knee with a great strain on
her dress , which brings out clearly the form of the leg . Her left arm is not resting
...
As regards the two seated figures , the extent of their surprise is greater than is
usually supposed . The one , E , throws out her right knee with a great strain on
her dress , which brings out clearly the form of the leg . Her left arm is not resting
...
Page 43
If the charioteer of Poseidon in the west pediment is Amphitritè , as is mostly
supposed , she also may have been present at the birth of Athenè in the east
pediment by the same right which entitled her to be present at the birth of
Aphrodite ...
If the charioteer of Poseidon in the west pediment is Amphitritè , as is mostly
supposed , she also may have been present at the birth of Athenè in the east
pediment by the same right which entitled her to be present at the birth of
Aphrodite ...
Page 47
The fact remains that in most cases the backs of the pediment figures have not
been finished to the extent usually supposed . No one would for a moment deny
that the backs of the group L , M , are a splendid conception , and worthy of the ...
The fact remains that in most cases the backs of the pediment figures have not
been finished to the extent usually supposed . No one would for a moment deny
that the backs of the group L , M , are a splendid conception , and worthy of the ...
Page 79
... we cannot explain the presence of a diminutive winged figure above the
shoulder of the woman on the left . " So minute a figure can hardly be Eros , as
Michaelis ? confidently supposed . It is more like a Shade or eidolon , such as we
see on ...
... we cannot explain the presence of a diminutive winged figure above the
shoulder of the woman on the left . " So minute a figure can hardly be Eros , as
Michaelis ? confidently supposed . It is more like a Shade or eidolon , such as we
see on ...
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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...