The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... frieze and two metopes . The slab of frieze and one of these metopes are now in the Louvre . The other metope was ... north metopes as were spared by the explosion in 1687. Several figures of the west pediment are still in situ , badly ...
... frieze and two metopes . The slab of frieze and one of these metopes are now in the Louvre . The other metope was ... north metopes as were spared by the explosion in 1687. Several figures of the west pediment are still in situ , badly ...
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... N , hasting to the centre . This figure corresponds to the Hermes on the farther side of the horses of Athenè . We shall see that on the frieze each chariot is accompanied by a man on foot , whose function was to assist the driver in ...
... N , hasting to the centre . This figure corresponds to the Hermes on the farther side of the horses of Athenè . We shall see that on the frieze each chariot is accompanied by a man on foot , whose function was to assist the driver in ...
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... frieze . Long ago it was proposed to interpret these central metopes as ... frieze of the Parthenon , as we shall see afterwards , the metopes of ... north COMPARISON WITH NORTH METOPES 59 59 metopes should also represent 58 THE SOUTH METOPES.
... frieze . Long ago it was proposed to interpret these central metopes as ... frieze of the Parthenon , as we shall see afterwards , the metopes of ... north COMPARISON WITH NORTH METOPES 59 59 metopes should also represent 58 THE SOUTH METOPES.
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... frieze which , as we shall see , were practically duplicates . From the evidence of the existing metopes and from the Centaurs in D'Ortières ' drawings , we argue further that the place of the Centaurs had been inverted in the north ...
... frieze which , as we shall see , were practically duplicates . From the evidence of the existing metopes and from the Centaurs in D'Ortières ' drawings , we argue further that the place of the Centaurs had been inverted in the north ...
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... frieze . " We are bound to notice here a difficulty presented by 29 ( Pl . XII . ) of the north side , with a horse stumbling forward apparently the rider turned right round on his back , like one of the Amazons on the Mausoleum frieze ...
... frieze . " We are bound to notice here a difficulty presented by 29 ( Pl . XII . ) of the north side , with a horse stumbling forward apparently the rider turned right round on his back , like one of the Amazons on the Mausoleum frieze ...
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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...