Handbook to the Antiquities in the British Museum: Being a Description of the Remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian, and Etruscan Art Preserved ThereMurray, 1851 - 472 Seiten |
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... face ; and the figures themselves walk buoyantly , leaning forward on the fore part of the foot ; the physiognomy has a marked and distinct treat- ment , in that the forehead is slightly retreating , the nose and chin sharp and angular ...
... face ; and the figures themselves walk buoyantly , leaning forward on the fore part of the foot ; the physiognomy has a marked and distinct treat- ment , in that the forehead is slightly retreating , the nose and chin sharp and angular ...
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... face of which , to the North , bore representations of an ox and his conductor , and ter- minated the Northern side of the Frieze . There have been lately discovered in Athens portions of this Northern Frieze , of which the Museum has ...
... face of which , to the North , bore representations of an ox and his conductor , and ter- minated the Northern side of the Frieze . There have been lately discovered in Athens portions of this Northern Frieze , of which the Museum has ...
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... , and a satyr who approaches him , and thrusts a blazing torch in his face . The corresponding group is not in the Museum ; but appears from Stuart's drawing to have consisted of an aged satyr pursuing 112 GREEK ANTIQUITIES .
... , and a satyr who approaches him , and thrusts a blazing torch in his face . The corresponding group is not in the Museum ; but appears from Stuart's drawing to have consisted of an aged satyr pursuing 112 GREEK ANTIQUITIES .
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... face is raised , and the head slightly thrown back : - " Her looks commercing with the skies , Her rapt soul sitting in her eyes . " No. 327 is a torso of a male figure , obtained by Lord Elgin from the neighbourhood of Epidaurus . It ...
... face is raised , and the head slightly thrown back : - " Her looks commercing with the skies , Her rapt soul sitting in her eyes . " No. 327 is a torso of a male figure , obtained by Lord Elgin from the neighbourhood of Epidaurus . It ...
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... face of the rock , on either side of the Bema or Pnyx at Athens . They were discovered when the earth which covered and concealed the steps leading up to the Bema was removed at the expense of the Earl of Aberdeen . The three first of ...
... face of the rock , on either side of the Bema or Pnyx at Athens . They were discovered when the earth which covered and concealed the steps leading up to the Bema was removed at the expense of the Earl of Aberdeen . The three first of ...
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Seite 116 - ... then, let the divinest of the muses, let Astronomy approach, and take him by the hand ; let her ' Come, but keep her wonted state, With even step and musing gait, And looks commercing with the skies, Her rapt soul sitting in her eyes.
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Seite 5 - Notwithstanding with nature it cometh sometimes to pass as with art. Let Phidias have rude and obstinate stuff to carve, though his art do that it should, his work will lack that beauty which otherwise in fitter matter it might have had.
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