We possess in England the most precious examples of Grecian power in the sculpture of animals. The horses of the frieze in the Elgin Collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet... Hellas, Her Monuments and Scenery - Página 130por Thomas Chase - 1863 - 220 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| John Flaxman - 1829 - 466 páginas
...examples of Grecian power in the sculpture of animals. The horses of the frieze in the Elgin collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation ; in them are distinguished the hardness... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1832 - 332 páginas
...England, the most precious examples of Grecian power. The horses of the frieze in the Elgin collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet — the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation; in them are distinguished the... | |
| 1830 - 652 páginas
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| 1831 - 858 páginas
...England, the most precious examples of Grecian power. The horses of the frieze in the Elgin collection appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet— the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation ; in them are distinguished the hardness... | |
| British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1833 - 340 páginas
...Grecian power in the sculpture of animals. "The horses in the frieze in the Elgin collection," he said, " appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and lea's seem distended with circulation ; in them are distinguished the... | |
| 1840 - 274 páginas
...there are one hundred and ten, and no two in the same attitude, Flaxman thus speaks : — • They appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation; in them are distinguished the hardness... | |
| 1840 - 272 páginas
...which there are one hundred and ten, and no two in the same attitude, Flaxman thus speaks:— ^ They appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and legs seeia distended with circulation; in them are distinguished the hardness... | |
| British Museum - 1848 - 576 páginas
...power in the sculpture of animals. " The horses in the Frieze in the Elgin Collection," he said, " appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet ; the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation ; in them are distinguished the... | |
| George Cleghorn - 1848 - 368 páginas
...rider in the most graceful and appropriate position. " The horses of the frieze of the Elgin collection appear to live and move — to roll their eyes — to gallop, prance, and curvet ; the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation. In them are to be found the hardness... | |
| George Cleghorn (writer on art.) - 1848 - 366 páginas
...rider in the most graceful and appropriate position. " The horses of the frieze of the Elgin collection appear to live and move — to roll their eyes — to gallop, prance, and curvet ; the veins of their faces and legs seem distended with circulation. In them are to be found the hardness... | |
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