Mach, Edmund von, 1870-1927 · Boston : Ginn · leaf 282
andprobably far inferior to, the impression intended by theartists. Of no other Greek work can it be said withequal truth that to form even an approximate idea of itslost magnificence is impossible. But what the frieze haslost in artistic value by having been brought close to theeye of the… … THE PARTHENON FRIEZE 219 It is not necessary to mention all the devices, forwith hardly an exception they go to show that theartists were willing to accept some well-defined laws oftheir art as binding upon them, but never as offeringunsurmountable obstacles. The subject of the frieze was the…
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