Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-09-27

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9781390939392

Excerpt from Catalogue of Casts, Marbles, Bronzes, Etc This frieze, in low relief, ran around the top of the inner faces of the colonnade and outer wall of the cella of the temple, yet within and below the roof, and 39 feet above the pavement. As the entablature above the outer columns descended 4 feet 9 inches below the lower edge of the frieze as it was placed on the wall, the frieze could only receive its light diffused between the columns and reflected upwards from the pavement of the colonnade. Owing to this circumstance, as well as to the peculiar position Of the spectator when looking at' the frieze, standing within the columns, the artist was forced to keep his relief very flat, so that it only rises inches from the background, and at the highest point 2% inches; moreover, it is owing to these circumstances that the relief was kept lowest in the lower parts of the frieze and highest in the upper parts, where even sometimes the background is sunk to gain a bolder relief. The frieze was over 522 feet in length, running around the four sides of the temple. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.