The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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Page 125
... ivory , of colossal size , about 40 feet in height , standing upright . Gold was employed for the dress , which fell in heavy folds to the ground ; ivory for the face , neck , 1 Plutarch , Pericles , 31 : Þeidiàs d πλάστης ἐργολάβος ἦν ...
... ivory , of colossal size , about 40 feet in height , standing upright . Gold was employed for the dress , which fell in heavy folds to the ground ; ivory for the face , neck , 1 Plutarch , Pericles , 31 : Þeidiàs d πλάστης ἐργολάβος ἦν ...
Page 127
... ivory by Pheidias - the Zeus at Olympia -his golden robe was inlaid with patterns of flowers . There is no mention of anything of that kind on the chiton of the Athenè in the writers , and no trace of it in the copies . But there was ...
... ivory by Pheidias - the Zeus at Olympia -his golden robe was inlaid with patterns of flowers . There is no mention of anything of that kind on the chiton of the Athenè in the writers , and no trace of it in the copies . But there was ...
Page 128
... ivory , the rest of the figure of clay and gypsum . behind the temple lay half - finished pieces of wood . These Theocosmos intended to adorn with gold and ivory , and so ... complete the statue . " It would thus appear that 128 THE ...
... ivory , the rest of the figure of clay and gypsum . behind the temple lay half - finished pieces of wood . These Theocosmos intended to adorn with gold and ivory , and so ... complete the statue . " It would thus appear that 128 THE ...
Page 129
... ivory was attached , the wood being carved so as to express with more or less accuracy the folds of the drapery and the general form of the statue , and thus reduce the thickness of the overlying gold and ivory . We read also in Lucian ...
... ivory was attached , the wood being carved so as to express with more or less accuracy the folds of the drapery and the general form of the statue , and thus reduce the thickness of the overlying gold and ivory . We read also in Lucian ...
Page 130
... ivory , with no hint as to whether the gold had ever been replaced or not . Pausanias lived just after the time of the Emperor Hadrian ; and the marble copies of the Athenè now known are usually ascribed to that same date . It is ...
... ivory , with no hint as to whether the gold had ever been replaced or not . Pausanias lived just after the time of the Emperor Hadrian ; and the marble copies of the Athenè now known are usually ascribed to that same date . It is ...
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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...