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Page 82
... frieze , which is contemporary with the Parthenon , and once in the Mausoleum
frieze , which is later . In metope i there is no Greek combatant , but only a
mounted Amazon , who looks as if she had been the last to arrive on the scene .
... frieze , which is contemporary with the Parthenon , and once in the Mausoleum
frieze , which is later . In metope i there is no Greek combatant , but only a
mounted Amazon , who looks as if she had been the last to arrive on the scene .
Page 95
which , as has been well pointed out , " looks ungainly if we approach the frieze
from the opposite direction . It will be observed also that the chests of the horses
often reach the highest relief possible in the circumstances , and present to ...
which , as has been well pointed out , " looks ungainly if we approach the frieze
from the opposite direction . It will be observed also that the chests of the horses
often reach the highest relief possible in the circumstances , and present to ...
Page 99
He looks almost as if he were chiding the boy . The action of his legs is ungainly ,
if one may say so . The boy is youthful enough in appearance , yet his
proportions have been greatly exaggerated by the sculptor . Later on we shall
see other ...
He looks almost as if he were chiding the boy . The action of his legs is ungainly ,
if one may say so . The boy is youthful enough in appearance , yet his
proportions have been greatly exaggerated by the sculptor . Later on we shall
see other ...
Page 101
These thoughts arise when we look on these animals being thus led to sacrifice ,
and we feel sure the sculptor meant to awaken thoughts of that kind , whatever
the actual facts of the procession may have been . We have yet another set of ...
These thoughts arise when we look on these animals being thus led to sacrifice ,
and we feel sure the sculptor meant to awaken thoughts of that kind , whatever
the actual facts of the procession may have been . We have yet another set of ...
Page 118
... 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 away all look of flatness from
the necks . He has drawn the eyes and nostrils with dark incision , careful as the ...
... 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 away all look of flatness from
the necks . He has drawn the eyes and nostrils with dark incision , careful as the ...
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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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