A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 171
nd his rider (Fig. 82).JSTothing can be finer in composition than many of these groupsof complex forms, or more striking than the effect given withsuch very low relief. Along the northern frieze the horsemenare continued in crowded though admirably composed throngs.Amazing inventive faculty is… … Fig. 83.—Part of the Southern Frieze of the Parthenon. repetition ... A rhythmical effect is produced by the contrastof the impetuous horses and their calm steadfast riders (Fig.86). Slabs ix. and x. should be noticed for the figures ofelderly citizens bearing olive-branches {tliallophori), who…
Sculpture, Ancient
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