The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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Page 85
... procession in duplicate , so that a visitor beginning at the west end could choose whichever of the two long sides ... procession sketched from two sides . If we imagine the procession at some par- ticular stage of the journey dividing ...
... procession in duplicate , so that a visitor beginning at the west end could choose whichever of the two long sides ... procession sketched from two sides . If we imagine the procession at some par- ticular stage of the journey dividing ...
Page 86
... procession ( 49-56 ) . At the same time he sent to Paris a cast of the slab immediately preceding this one . Very fortunately so , because that slab was subsequently much destroyed . One figure of an old man , 46 , was chipped off ...
... procession ( 49-56 ) . At the same time he sent to Paris a cast of the slab immediately preceding this one . Very fortunately so , because that slab was subsequently much destroyed . One figure of an old man , 46 , was chipped off ...
Page 88
... procession through the streets of Athens which took place in his own lifetime every four years . The people of Athens knew very well what the actual procession was like . They knew that ' the head of it consisted of a ship on wheels ...
... procession through the streets of Athens which took place in his own lifetime every four years . The people of Athens knew very well what the actual procession was like . They knew that ' the head of it consisted of a ship on wheels ...
Page 89
... procession were to be sacrificed in honour of the gods . They supposed that the gods were not indifferent in such matters , but it may be doubted whether many of the Athenians then actually believed that the deities were invisibly ...
... procession were to be sacrificed in honour of the gods . They supposed that the gods were not indifferent in such matters , but it may be doubted whether many of the Athenians then actually believed that the deities were invisibly ...
Page 90
... procession , is a very just obser- vation of mother and child . Let us add that the figure of Eros is plainly that of a young boy . this in mind when we read that it was only in later Greek art that he took this very youthful form . As ...
... procession , is a very just obser- vation of mother and child . Let us add that the figure of Eros is plainly that of a young boy . this in mind when we read that it was only in later Greek art that he took this very youthful form . As ...
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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