The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... a peaceful dawn . There is no agitation in the extreme angles . And what would have been the significance of the birth of the goddess for the Athenians if it had been an event which concerned the whole SUBJECT AND COMPOSITION 31.
... a peaceful dawn . There is no agitation in the extreme angles . And what would have been the significance of the birth of the goddess for the Athenians if it had been an event which concerned the whole SUBJECT AND COMPOSITION 31.
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... goddess . The view we here propose is in fact only an expansion of the invisible Zeus in the east and the invisible Apollo in the west pediment of Olympia , to which we may add the invisible Athene of the Aegina pediments . It is a ...
... goddess . The view we here propose is in fact only an expansion of the invisible Zeus in the east and the invisible Apollo in the west pediment of Olympia , to which we may add the invisible Athene of the Aegina pediments . It is a ...
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... goddesses Demeter and Persephonè , on the assumption that the whole scene of the birth of Athenè had been enacted in Olympos , or as the Seasons ( Horae ) , who in the Iliad ( v . 749 ) keep watch at the gates of heaven , roll away the ...
... goddesses Demeter and Persephonè , on the assumption that the whole scene of the birth of Athenè had been enacted in Olympos , or as the Seasons ( Horae ) , who in the Iliad ( v . 749 ) keep watch at the gates of heaven , roll away the ...
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... goddess also who accompanies the chariot of Poseidon and she who drives the chariot of Athenè may have been taken over from the missing central group of the east pediment . In any case , the two pediments stood in a dramatic relation to ...
... goddess also who accompanies the chariot of Poseidon and she who drives the chariot of Athenè may have been taken over from the missing central group of the east pediment . In any case , the two pediments stood in a dramatic relation to ...
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... goddess Artemis coming to the rescue of the Lapith women , as she does in a chariot of deer on the Phigaleian frieze . The next metope , 16 , appears to be even more disconcerting at first sight . It represents one man standing over ...
... goddess Artemis coming to the rescue of the Lapith women , as she does in a chariot of deer on the Phigaleian frieze . The next metope , 16 , appears to be even more disconcerting at first sight . It represents one man standing over ...
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Acropolis Acropolis of Athens action Alcamenes angle Aphroditè apobates appear artistic Athenè Athenians attitude beauty birth of Athenè body British Museum Carrey's drawing carry cast Cecrops Centaur Centaurs and Lapiths central group central metopes centre chariot chariot group chiton colossal composition cows deities drapery east frieze effect Elgin Room Ergastinae figure folds fore leg front girls goddess gods gold and ivory Greek head helmet Hephaestos Hera horses Ilissos Illustrations instances knee Lapith left arm left hand long sides Lord Elgin mantle marble Michaelis nearer north frieze north side nude form Olympia Olympos original in Athens Parthenon frieze Pausanias peplos Pheidias PLATE Poseidon possible procession raised recognise represent right arm right hand scene sculptured seated seen shield shoulders Slab south metopes south side spectator statuette temple Theseus turning round vase west frieze west pediment whole wings woman women xoanon youth Zeus Zeus at Olympia
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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...