A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 179
ES. 1 loo variety in the treatment and grouping of the figures they are ofthe highest order. The placing of the metopes in contrast withthe straight lines of the entablature of the Parthenon and thetriglyphs, showed a perfect perception of what could be mosteffective in sculpture. Statues in the… … Fig. 87.--C0NTEST BETWEEN THE CeVTAURS AND THE LaPITH^E. One or the Metopes of the Parthenon. into comparison with the strong work of the pediments. Themetopes being a sort of compromise between the round and thealto-relievo—the figures in each being partly in complete relief,and quite in the round…
Sculpture, Ancient
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