 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 ; the veins of their faces and legs...  Demosthenes - Pàgina 308per Demosthenes - 1859Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Murray (Firm), Peter Cunningham - 1853 - 386 pàgines
...examples of Grecian Art. The horses of the Frieze in the Elgin Collection appear to live and Jnove, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet....them are <distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of tendon and the softness of flesh. The beholder is charmed with the... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1853 - 614 pàgines
...appear to live and move, to roll their 08 eyes, to gallop, pnun'e, and curvet ; the veins of their laces and legs seem distended with circulation ; in them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, with the elasticity of tendon and the softness of flesh. The beholder is charmed with the... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1856 - 382 pàgines
...End, Nos. 62 — 90. " We possess in England the most precious examples of Grecian Art. The horses of the Frieze in the Elgin Collection appear to live...them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of tendon and the softness of flesh. The Iwholder is charmed with the... | |
 | Demosthenes - 1859 - 630 pàgines
...exquisite beauty; and the sculptor Flaxman (Lcct. iv. 104) expressed himself thus enthur siastically upon them : " The horses in the frieze in the Elgin...them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of teudon and the softness of flesh. The beholder is charmed with the... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1859 - 560 pàgines
...tending to one great purpose, unity. Respecting the sculpFiy 112.— TuBazut. FROM THE EASTEBN PEDIMENT. eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet ; the veins of...them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, with the elasticity of tendon and the softness of flesh. The beholder is charmed with the... | |
 | Thomas Chase - 1863 - 232 pàgines
...winning maidens, — the horses, which, as Plaxman says (in words often quoted, because so true), " appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance, and curvet," — command the admiration of the world. How easily and gracefully sit those horsemen, — what life... | |
 | John Flaxman - 1865 - 438 pàgines
...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...gallop, prance, and curvet; the veins of their faces and logs seem distended with circulation ; ia them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony... | |
 | John Lord - 1867 - 608 pàgines
...composed his celebrated lion after a living animal. " The horses of the frieze of the Elgin Marbles appear to live and move ; to roll their eyes, to gallop,...their faces and legs seem distended with circulation. The beholder is charmed with the deer-like lightness and elegance of their make ; and although the... | |
 | George Fleming - 1869 - 744 pàgines
...enthusiasm, and we cannot wonder at it. ' The horses in the frieze in the Elgin collection,' he said, ' appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop,...them are distinguished the hardness and decision of bony forms, from the elasticity of tendons and the softness of flesh. The beholder is concerned with... | |
 | John Albion Andrew - 1869 - 538 pàgines
...sculpture of the horses in the frieze of that temple, of which Flaxman said in glowing colors, " They appear to live and move, to roll their eyes, to gallop, prance and curvet." Much blame and some obloquy have been cast upon Lord Elgin for carrying away such splendid relics of... | |
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