The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... less effective in accentuating the pro- minence of the deities . In the angle of the east pediment , where only the heads of the horses were visible , the presence of four was more a gain than otherwise . The same may be said of the ...
... less effective in accentuating the pro- minence of the deities . In the angle of the east pediment , where only the heads of the horses were visible , the presence of four was more a gain than otherwise . The same may be said of the ...
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... other . The facts are there , and need no illustration from other works of Greek sculpture . But we may mention as more or less analogous and nearly contemporary the narrow frieze of the Nereid monument in the British Museum , where we.
... other . The facts are there , and need no illustration from other works of Greek sculpture . But we may mention as more or less analogous and nearly contemporary the narrow frieze of the Nereid monument in the British Museum , where we.
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... . They are published with their hideous restorations in the Jahresheften des Oesterr . Arch . Inst . , 1899 , pls . 2 , 3 . 2 Museum Marbles , vi . pl . 21 . A or less from the weather , and may therefore TECHNICAL QUESTIONS 51.
... . They are published with their hideous restorations in the Jahresheften des Oesterr . Arch . Inst . , 1899 , pls . 2 , 3 . 2 Museum Marbles , vi . pl . 21 . A or less from the weather , and may therefore TECHNICAL QUESTIONS 51.
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Alexander Stuart Murray. A or less from the weather , and may therefore be regarded as preserving the original surface of the marble , which else- where has been eaten away . One of the most noticeable of these occurs under the left leg ...
Alexander Stuart Murray. A or less from the weather , and may therefore be regarded as preserving the original surface of the marble , which else- where has been eaten away . One of the most noticeable of these occurs under the left leg ...
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... less indoors , or at all events at the central place of the marriage feast . The prevalence of womanly figures accords with this view , and the concentration of them suggests alarm occasioned by the turbulence of the Centaurs at the ...
... less indoors , or at all events at the central place of the marriage feast . The prevalence of womanly figures accords with this view , and the concentration of them suggests alarm occasioned by the turbulence of the Centaurs at the ...
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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...