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The antiquities and marbles in the British Museum; Including the Townley Gallery. Elgin and Phigaleian marbles. Egyptian antiquities. Etruscan vases, etc
British Museum
Paperback. RareBooksClub.com 2013-09-13.
ISBN 9781230162256
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ... with them in order to prevent their escape. In the slab No. 47 two horsemen are represented, one of whom is riding before the other, and seems to be in the act of urging his companion forward. The latter appears to be armed with a cuirass. This slab is one of exquisite beauty; the figure of the foremost horseman, and indeed that of his companion also, may be considered the perfection of elegance in composition and of truth in drawing. The horses are no less to be admired. They seem to be in a state of impatient motion, only restrained by the address of their riders; in this sculpture the truth of Flaxman's remark is well exemplified--it is difficult to conceive that they are formed of an inanimate mass of stone. Whatever may be the cause which produces it, it is certain that, in rising from the contemplation of these sculptures, the observer feels that he has imbibed some of the grandeur and simplicity of idea which the artist has pourtrayed in their composition. Panathenaic Frieze--Southern Frieze, Nos.81 &86. PROCESSION IN HONOUR OF MINERVA. This is the portion of the Frieze which enriched the southern side of the Temple. The direction of the figures which form it is from left to right, and the numbers being in continuity from the western frieze, begin with the end of the procession, and extend from 62 to 90, round to the door of entrance into the Elgin Room. We select two slabs from these, as specimens of the two peculiarities in which this side differs from those which we have before described, namely, in having chariots as part of the procession, and in exhibiting the manner in which the victims were led to sacrifice. No. 81. A quadriga, or chariot drawn by four horses, is very imperfect, but it exhibits much beauty. A soldier
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