 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Marble sculpture, Greek - 1830 - 226 pages
...a small or at a great distance, there was nothing to divert the spectator's contemplation from that simplicity and majesty of mass and outline, which...remarkable object of admiration in a Greek Temple ; and it was not until the eye was satiated with the contemplation of the entire edifice, that the... | |
 | sir Henry Ellis - 1833 - 344 pages
...singleness of design is not observed. In the Parthenon, whether viewed at a small or at a great distance, there was nothing to divert the spectator's contemplation...remarkable object of admiration in a Greek temple ; and it was not until the eye was satiated with the contemplation of the entire edifice, that the... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - Greece - 1844 - 1382 pages
...some larger modern buildings. In " the Parthenon, whether viewed at a small or at a great " distance, there was nothing to divert the spectator's "contemplation..." mass and outline which forms the first and most te" rnnrkul MI • object of admiration in a Greek temple ; " and it was not until the eye was satiated... | |
 | David Masson - 1850 - 444 pages
...obtrusive subdivision of parts. In the Parthenon, whether viewed at a small or at a great distance, there was nothing to divert the spectator's contemplation...remarkable object of admiration in a Greek temple; and it was not until the eye was satiated with the contemplation of the entire edifice, that the spectator... | |
 | William Blanchard Jerrold - 1852 - 248 pages
...singleness ef design is not observed. In the Parthenon, whether viewed at a small or at a great distance, there was nothing to divert the spectator's contemplation...remarkable object of admiration in a Greek temple ; and it was not until the eye was satiated with the contemplation of the entire edifice, that the... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - 1852 - 248 pages
...singleness of design is not observed. In the Parthenon, whether viewed at a small or at a great distance, there was nothing to divert the spectator's contemplation...remarkable object of admiration in a Greek temple ; and it was not until the eye was satiated with the contemplation of the entire edifice, that the... | |
 | William Smith - Classical geography - 1854 - 1318 pages
...by any obtrusive subdivision of parts, such as is found to diminish tho efiect of many larger modem buildings, where the same singlene.ss of design is...simplicity and majesty of mass and outline, which forms tho first and most remarkable object of admiration in a Greek temple ; for the statues of the pediments,... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1881 - 602 pages
...impression wae not disturbed by any obtrusive subdivision uf parte, mich ae is found to diminish the effect of many larger modern buildings, where the same singleness...simplicity and majesty of mass and outline, which forme the ñrst and most remarkable object of admiration in a Greek temple." Leake. *S""Down to the... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1881 - 600 pages
...the c fleet of many larger modern buildings, where the same singleness of design is not apparent, lii the Parthenon there was nothing to divert the spectator's...remarkable object of admiration in a Greek temple." Leake. 4S""Down to the year 1637, the Parthenon remained entire. The Christians converted it first... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1882 - 608 pages
...impression was not disturbed by any obtrusive subdivision of parts, such as is found to diminish the effect of many larger modern buildings, where the same singleness...simplicity and majesty of mass and outline, which forms tbe first and most remarkable object of admiration in a Greek temple." Ltakt. 43- "Down to the year... | |
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In the Parthenon, whether viewed at a small or at a great distance, there was nothing to divert the spectator's contemplation from the simplicity and majesty of mass and outline, which forms the first and most remarkable object of admiration in a Greek... 
