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Pagina 686
PHIDIAS , AND THE ELGIN MARBLES . [ MY DEAR BLACKWOOD , -In our conversation the other evening about the marble works in the Parthenon , of which the principal fragments remaining to us are now in the British Museum , and pass under the ...
PHIDIAS , AND THE ELGIN MARBLES . [ MY DEAR BLACKWOOD , -In our conversation the other evening about the marble works in the Parthenon , of which the principal fragments remaining to us are now in the British Museum , and pass under the ...
Pagina 687
... Phidias was appointed by Pericles superintendent of all the public edifices , though the Atheni- ans had other eminent architects , and excellent workmen . " It is plain , however , that even if Phidias was director of the works ...
... Phidias was appointed by Pericles superintendent of all the public edifices , though the Atheni- ans had other eminent architects , and excellent workmen . " It is plain , however , that even if Phidias was director of the works ...
Pagina 688
... Phidias could have been appointed to this office . Among the public works built at this period were , the Propylæ , the Odeum , the Parthenon , the Temple of Ceres at Eleusis , of Juno at Argos , of Apollo at Phigaleia , and of Zeus at ...
... Phidias could have been appointed to this office . Among the public works built at this period were , the Propylæ , the Odeum , the Parthenon , the Temple of Ceres at Eleusis , of Juno at Argos , of Apollo at Phigaleia , and of Zeus at ...
Pagina 691
... Phidias himself by some writers . Besides , a man of fifty - two , or even of fifty- six , could scarcely be accurately de- scribed as an " old man ; " and an artist making a portrait of himself at that age would be inclined to give ...
... Phidias himself by some writers . Besides , a man of fifty - two , or even of fifty- six , could scarcely be accurately de- scribed as an " old man ; " and an artist making a portrait of himself at that age would be inclined to give ...
Pagina 693
... Phidias too made this statue for the Platenses . " 17. The Athena in bronze , in the Acropolis , called the Lemnia , which , according to Pausanias , " de- serves to be seen above all the works of Phidias . " Lucian also speaks ...
... Phidias too made this statue for the Platenses . " 17. The Athena in bronze , in the Acropolis , called the Lemnia , which , according to Pausanias , " de- serves to be seen above all the works of Phidias . " Lucian also speaks ...
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Pagina 603 - Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments
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Pagina 86 - I have (what perhaps you little suspect me of) in my nature an infinite share of ambition. But with it I have at the same time, as you well. know, an equal share of diffidence. To this combination of opposite qualities it has been owing that, till lately, I stole through life without undertaking any thing, yet always wishing to distinguish myself.
Pagina 603 - The theory or idea or system which requires of us the sacrifice of any part of this experience, in consideration of some interest into which we cannot enter or some abstract theory we have not identified with ourselves or what is only conventional, has no real claim upon us.
Pagina 346 - The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties or the moral coercion of public opinion.
Pagina 260 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Pagina 702 - Phidias tarnen dis quam hominibus efficiendis melior artifex creditur, in ebore vero longe citra aemulum, vel si nihil nisi Minervam Athenis aut Olympium in Elide lovem fecisset, cuius pulchritudo adiecisse aliquid etiam receptae religioni videtur: adeo maiestas operis deum aequavit.
Pagina 603 - What we have to do is to be for ever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions, never acquiescing in a facile orthodoxy of Comte, or of Hegel, or of our own. Philosophical theories or ideas, as points of view, instruments of criticism, may help us to gather up what might otherwise pass unregarded by us. " Philosophy is the microscope of thought.