Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles, المجلد 1Charles Knight, 1833 |
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الصفحة 94
... ivory . In almost all instances , precision of finish , and , in the harder substances , the beautiful fineness of surface , are remarkable . Flaxman says , " In the Egyptian sculpture we shall find some excellent first principles of ...
... ivory . In almost all instances , precision of finish , and , in the harder substances , the beautiful fineness of surface , are remarkable . Flaxman says , " In the Egyptian sculpture we shall find some excellent first principles of ...
الصفحة 105
... ivory ‡ The head of Minerva , engraved from an Athenian coin in the vignette of the Di- lettanti Society's volume , p . 128 , fig . 1 , is supposed to have been copied from Endoius's sitting figure of the goddess at Athens . Smilis , of ...
... ivory ‡ The head of Minerva , engraved from an Athenian coin in the vignette of the Di- lettanti Society's volume , p . 128 , fig . 1 , is supposed to have been copied from Endoius's sitting figure of the goddess at Athens . Smilis , of ...
الصفحة 109
... ivory , and thus finish the statue . " From this it appears that the clay and gypsum part of the figure was the mould , on which the wood - work was fixed ; the wood was then inlaid with ivory , secured by gold . The casting in moulds ...
... ivory , and thus finish the statue . " From this it appears that the clay and gypsum part of the figure was the mould , on which the wood - work was fixed ; the wood was then inlaid with ivory , secured by gold . The casting in moulds ...
الصفحة 111
... ivory statues proved no protection to the gold with which they were adorned . The most antient monument of Grecian sculpture now extant is believed to be the bas - relief , upon a single stone , nine feet in height and about thirteen ...
... ivory statues proved no protection to the gold with which they were adorned . The most antient monument of Grecian sculpture now extant is believed to be the bas - relief , upon a single stone , nine feet in height and about thirteen ...
الصفحة 117
... ivory statues , also , he stood alone ; nor did he disdain to work in the meaner materials of wood or clay , or to execute arti- cles of the smallest mechanism * . His talent , however , lay chiefly in representing the gods ; though ...
... ivory statues , also , he stood alone ; nor did he disdain to work in the meaner materials of wood or clay , or to execute arti- cles of the smallest mechanism * . His talent , however , lay chiefly in representing the gods ; though ...
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Acropolis adorned Ægina Alcamenes altar antient antiquity Apollo appears architecture artists Athenian Athens Attica Bacchus bas-reliefs beautiful British Museum Bröndsted bronze building called Carrey Carrey's drawings cast Cecrops cella Centaur Cephisus Colonel Leake columns Dædalus deities eastern edifices Egyptian Eleusis Elgin room embellishments engraved Erectheus feet female figure fragments frieze front goddess gods gold Grecian Greece Greek Hadrian head Hercules honour horses hundred Hymettus Ilissus inscription ivory Juno Jupiter Olympius long walls Lord Elgin marble mentioned metopes Minerva monuments Munychia Neptune old arrangement ornamented painted Panathenaic Parthenon Pausan Pausanias pediment Pentelicus Pericles Persians Phidias Phidias's Piræus placed plain Pliny probably Propylæa Quatremère Quatremère de Quincy remains represented Roman round ruins sacrifice says sculp sculpture Selinus side slab specimen statue of Minerva Stuart supposed temple of Jupiter temple of Theseus Thucydides tion Venus victim Victory Visconti western pediment wooden statue worship writers καὶ
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الصفحة 86 - a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre...
الصفحة 86 - Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.
الصفحة 88 - For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. 6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
الصفحة 121 - Epist. 86. existed a tradition that he desired to execute the Athena of the Parthenon in marble, but that the Athenians would not permit him to do so : " lidem Phidiam tulenmt quamdiu is marmore potius quam ebore Minervam fieri debere dicebat, quod diutius nitor esset mansurus ; sed ut adjecit et vilius tacere jusserunt.
الصفحة 128 - Such was the simple construction of this magnificent building, which, by its united excellences of materials, design, and decorations, was the most perfect ever executed. Its dimensions of two hundred and twenty-eight feet by a hundred and two, with a height of sixty-six feet to the top of the pediment, were sufficiently great to give an impression of grandeur and sublimity...
الصفحة 3 - Upon the Second , Division, it must be premised, that antecedently to Lord Elgin's departure for Constantinople, he communicated his intentions of bringing home casts and drawings from Athens, for the benefit and advancement of the fine Arts in this country, to Mr. Pitt, Lord Grenville,a.nd Mr.
الصفحة 79 - ... This is the proper and most natural meaning of the word, as may be seen from Taylor's remarks in Calmet's Dictionary, p. 110, of my edition.
الصفحة 2 - This part of his design he had to a certain extent executed, and many drawings and models were found in his collection. Nothing else entered into his contemplation, till he saw that many of the pieces of which his predecessors in this pursuit had taken drawings had entirely disappeared, that some of them were buried in ruins, and others converted into the materials of building. No less than 18 pieces of statuary from the western pediment had been entirely destroyed since the time when M.
الصفحة 4 - Government from whom he obtained permission did, or could so consider him, is a question which can be solved only by conjecture and reasoning, in the absence and .deficiency of all positive testimony. The Turkish ministers of that day are, in fact, the only persons in the world capable (if they are still alive) of deciding the doubt ; and it is probable that even they, if it were possible to consult them, might be unable to...
الصفحة 1 - Rome ; and his observation was, that though the Public was in possession of every thing to give them a general knowledge of the remains of Athens, yet they had nothing to convey to Artists, particularly to Students, that which the actual representation by cast would more effectually give them. Upon that suggestion, I communicated very fully with my acquaintances in London. I mentioned it to Lord Grenville, Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Dundas, upon the idea that it was of such national...