The Parthenon; an essay on the mode by which light was introduced into Greek and Roman temples (1883)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 51
any other part of the peristyle, and may easily have been all soutilized ; or, more probably, the sculpture of the frieze was in bronze, which wouldaccord better with what I conceive to be the style of the podium, and, likeeverything in metal, would easily have disappeared. The evidence is very far… … 12.—Base of Column at Kexawat.(From a Photograph.) The principal proof that they are not partsof the frieze is that four, if not five ot them,.show traces of sculpture on two faces. If, con-sequently, they belonged to the frieze, wepossess in the Museum the four angles, and notone fragment of the…
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Temples · Lighting
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