This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ... especially under bright sunlight and seen against a blue sky. The yellow color is said to be caused by oxidation of some salt of iron contained in the marble. The statues in Athens and many others now in various museums are also of the same marble.. Parian is the marble from the island of Paros. The marble usually ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ... especially under bright sunlight and seen against a blue sky. The yellow color is said to be caused by oxidation of some salt of iron contained in the marble. The statues in Athens and many others now in various museums are also of the same marble.. Parian is the marble from the island of Paros. The marble usually called Parian has a coarse, sparkling grain, which, however, takes a high finish; but there is reason to suppose that the true Parian marble was of extremely fine grain, easy to work, and of a creamy white. Phigalian--a gray marble, seen in the bas-reliefs from Phigalia. jEginetan--a grayish marble, seen in the statues of the pediment of the Temple of Athene, now in the museum of Munich. Black marble--found at Cape Tenaros. Verde antico--found at Taygetos. Fig. 82.--The Gate Of Lions At Mycenje. 10 feet high and 15 feet wide; of greenish limestone. CHAPTER V. ARCHAIC GREEK SCULPTURE. THE origin of the arts of Greece has been generally ascribed by her own early records and traditions to Egyptian influences. The evidence derived from the style of art followed at this early period tends to confirm tradition. The earliest coins of Greek work with the head of Athene show a striking resemblance to the heads of Isis. There are many examples of vases, painted with figures representing in the most primitive forms the oldest mythological heroes and deities, which closely resemble the Egyptian cavi relievi and paintings; they are in profile with the eye full and the feet turned both in the same direction or, when the figure is full-face as in some bas-reliefs, the feet are in the impossible position of profile and both on the same plane. In painting, the absence of all attempt to represent shadow, either in the forms or in the cast shadow, and the use of a ...
Read Less
