Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903, Redford, George, d. 1895 · Meadville, Penna. : Flood and Vincent : Chautauqua-Century Press · leaf 95
ere continued allround, 92 in nuni-Jjer, viz.: 14 at eachend beneath thepediments and 32at each side. Ofthese scarcelythirty are wellpreserved, fifteenin the BritishMuseum, one inthe Louvre i nParis, the rest intheir original po-sitions in the Par-thenon. The metopes onthe south sidehave for their… … TEMPLE DECOKATION. 89 ception and truth in the modeling of the forms this metopeis unrivaled (Fig. 107). The m.etopes of the north side are so much damaged thattheir subjects cannot be made out, but it is conjectured byMichaelis that they may have represented a scene from thetaking of Troy; while…
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