The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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... round by the north or the south side . In either case he would find himself following the procession and , as it were , gradually over- taking it , seeming to share in its movement . If we could suppose that the procession had parted in ...
... round by the north or the south side . In either case he would find himself following the procession and , as it were , gradually over- taking it , seeming to share in its movement . If we could suppose that the procession had parted in ...
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... round the outer contours . In this respect we may notice a marked difference in the frieze of the Theseum , which also was seen only from the colonnade . There the relief is as high as in the metopes of the same building , which were ...
... round the outer contours . In this respect we may notice a marked difference in the frieze of the Theseum , which also was seen only from the colonnade . There the relief is as high as in the metopes of the same building , which were ...
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... round - was the pediments of Aegina , particularly the west pediment , where the incidents of a battlefield are ingeniously adapted to the given triangular space . In the acute angles are wounded men lying with their feet towards the ...
... round - was the pediments of Aegina , particularly the west pediment , where the incidents of a battlefield are ingeniously adapted to the given triangular space . In the acute angles are wounded men lying with their feet towards the ...
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... round its stem and Niké among the branches . On the left is Athenè in recoil from her final act , and at the same time turning towards her chariot to leave the scene . On the right Poseidon seizes by the bridle a horse , below which are ...
... round its stem and Niké among the branches . On the left is Athenè in recoil from her final act , and at the same time turning towards her chariot to leave the scene . On the right Poseidon seizes by the bridle a horse , below which are ...
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... round its stem and Nikè among the branches . On the left is Athenè in recoil from her final act , and at the same time turning towards her chariot to leave the scene . On the right Poseidon seizes by the bridle a horse , below which are ...
... round its stem and Nikè among the branches . On the left is Athenè in recoil from her final act , and at the same time turning towards her chariot to leave the scene . On the right Poseidon seizes by the bridle a horse , below which are ...
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Acropolis Acropolis of Athens action Alcamenes 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 present 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...