Handbook to the Antiquities in the British Museum: Being a Description of the Remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian, and Etruscan Art Preserved There |
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... decorate with their productions the temple at Delphi . Cleisthenes , the architect , flourishes . Eu- palamus , the Argive , rebuilds the Heraum near My- cenæ . To this period we should in all probability refer Callima- chus ...
... decorate with their productions the temple at Delphi . Cleisthenes , the architect , flourishes . Eu- palamus , the Argive , rebuilds the Heraum near My- cenæ . To this period we should in all probability refer Callima- chus ...
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... decorated with figures by SCOPAS , PRAXITELES , Leochares , Timotheas , Bryaxis , and Pythis . This was probably the age of the statuary Chæreas . CIII . 368 CIV . CV . CVI . 356 CVII . Olymp . B.C. CVIII . 348 CIX . 344 CX TABLE OF ...
... decorated with figures by SCOPAS , PRAXITELES , Leochares , Timotheas , Bryaxis , and Pythis . This was probably the age of the statuary Chæreas . CIII . 368 CIV . CV . CVI . 356 CVII . Olymp . B.C. CVIII . 348 CIX . 344 CX TABLE OF ...
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... decorated was built of yellowish sandstone , the roof and cornice of marble . The cella was painted red ; the tympanum blue , with yellow and green foliage on the architrave . On the Acroteria stood females in antique drapery and ...
... decorated was built of yellowish sandstone , the roof and cornice of marble . The cella was painted red ; the tympanum blue , with yellow and green foliage on the architrave . On the Acroteria stood females in antique drapery and ...
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... decorated the Eastern and Western Pedi- ments . 2. The Alti - rilievi which were placed in the Metopes , alter- nating with the Triglyphs . 3. The Bassi - rilievi , arranged round the exterior of the Cella , as a frieze . Before we ...
... decorated the Eastern and Western Pedi- ments . 2. The Alti - rilievi which were placed in the Metopes , alter- nating with the Triglyphs . 3. The Bassi - rilievi , arranged round the exterior of the Cella , as a frieze . Before we ...
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... decorated the Pediments of Greek temples generally had reference either to the Deity to whom the temple was dedicated , or to the State by whom it was erected . In the whole composition , a certain symmetry was observed , the character ...
... decorated the Pediments of Greek temples generally had reference either to the Deity to whom the temple was dedicated , or to the State by whom it was erected . In the whole composition , a certain symmetry was observed , the character ...
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