 | John Flaxman - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...Grecian power in the sculpture of animals. The horses of the frieze in the Elgin collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance,...deer-like lightness and elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above an inch from the back ground, and they are so much smaller than nature,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...the most precious examples of Grecian power. The horses of the frieze in the Elgin collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance,...deer-like lightness and elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above an inch from the back-ground, and they are so much smaller than nature,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...the most precious examples of Grecian power. The horses of the frieze in the Elgin collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance,...deer-like lightness and elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above an inch from the back-ground, and they are so much smaller than nature,... | |
 | 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 658
...of animals. The horses of the frieze in the Elgin collection appear to live and move, to roll tlicir eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and legs seemed distended with circulation ; in them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms,... | |
 | 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 858
...the most precious examples of Grecian power. The horses of the frieze in the Elgin collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance,...tendon and the softness of flesh. The beholder is chnrmed with the deer-like lightness and elegance of their make, and although the relief is not above... | |
 | 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 534
...there are one hundred and ten, and no two in the same attitude, Flaxman thus speaks : — They appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance,...deer-like lightness and elegance of their make ; and although the relief is not above an inch from the back ground, and they are so much smaller than nature,... | |
 | Henry Ellis (Bibliothécaire au British Museum) - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 334
...in the sculpture of animals. "The horses in the frieze in the Elgin collection," he said, " appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance,...and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of * Dodwell, vol. ip 337. tendon, and the softness of flesh. The beholder is charmed with the deer-like... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 340
...in the sculpture of animals. "The horses in the frieze in the Elgin collection," he said, " appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and lea's seem distended with circulation ; in them are distinguished the hardness -iud decision of bony... | |
 | sir Henry Ellis - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 344
...iu the sculpture of animals. "The horses in the frieze in the Klgiu collection," he said, " appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their (aces and lesrs seem distended with circulation; in them are distinguished the hardness und decision... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 1236
...fidelity and beauty : — " The horses appear to live and move," exclaimed Flaxman, " to roll their eyes, gallop, prance, and curvet. The veins of their faces...decision of bony forms from the elasticity of tendon and softness of flesh. The beholder is charmed with their deer-like lightness and the elegance of their... | |
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The horses of the frieze in the Elgin collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet — the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation; in them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony... 
