The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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Page 34
... original place , the fourth being only sketched in on the back of the pediment . In certain late Roman reliefs the horses of Selenè appear plunging downward , their heads already lost beneath the horizon , their bodies still visible ...
... original place , the fourth being only sketched in on the back of the pediment . In certain late Roman reliefs the horses of Selenè appear plunging downward , their heads already lost beneath the horizon , their bodies still visible ...
Page 36
... original expression . All we can assert is that the forehead is very beautifully modelled and the eyebrows sharply defined , as in metal rather than in marble . The hair has been only roughly blocked out and is now much worn , but at ...
... original expression . All we can assert is that the forehead is very beautifully modelled and the eyebrows sharply defined , as in metal rather than in marble . The hair has been only roughly blocked out and is now much worn , but at ...
Page 38
... original composition . The two seated women , E , F , have been identified as 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 ) ...
... original composition . The two seated women , E , F , have been identified as 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 ) ...
Page 51
... original have been recognised in the Court of the House of Pilate in Seville . They are published with their hideous restorations in the Jahresheften des Oesterr . Arch . Inst . , 1899 , pls . 2 , 3 . 2 Museum Marbles , vi . pl . 21 ...
... original have been recognised in the Court of the House of Pilate in Seville . They are published with their hideous restorations in the Jahresheften des Oesterr . Arch . Inst . , 1899 , pls . 2 , 3 . 2 Museum Marbles , vi . pl . 21 ...
Page 52
... original colour . More probably the original colour was an ivory white , intended at once to tone down the harsh surface of the marble , and to be a facile medium for details painted in bright hues . CHAPTER IV THE SOUTH METOPES [ PLATE ...
... original colour . More probably the original colour was an ivory white , intended at once to tone down the harsh surface of the marble , and to be a facile medium for details painted in bright hues . CHAPTER IV THE SOUTH METOPES [ PLATE ...
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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 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 pediment of Olympia peplos Pheidias PLATE Poseidon possible present procession raised recognise represent right arm right hand scene sculptured seated seen shield shoulders Slab south metopes south side spectator temple Theseus turning round vase west frieze west pediment whole wings woman women xoanon youth Zeus at Olympia