qually inspiring—or inspired—arrangement. For there is no accident in thesecompositions. The way the line of the sea cuts blue againstthe white temple walls and shows through the columns ateither end, and the way the nearer hill of Lycabettus pilesup dark against the shining base on which the… … XXXIITHE TEMPLE OF NIKE FROM MARS HILL, ATHENS XXXII THE TEMPLE OF NIKE FROM MARS HILL, ATHENS THIS is the grandest grouping of the Acropolis. Theway in which the whole, in solemn square masses,piles up—the temple dominating all—is marvellous. It isfiner, I am sure, in ruin, than ever it was in…
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