A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 205
e, the rest the contest of the Greeks and Amazons.This frieze was placed about 23 feet from the ground, being alittle more than two feet in height. There were originallytwenty-four slabs extending about a hundred feet in length, so THE PHIGALIA SCULPTURES. 181 that one is lost. The ruins were… … Fig. 98.—Frieze of the Temple at Phiga.lia (27^ in. high). Brit. Mus. Government for £15,000 and brought here in 1815, when theywere put together by Mr. Westmacott. Opinions of critics differas to the merits of these sculptures. Flaxman thought theywere of the same age as the Parthenon, but…
Sculpture, Ancient
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