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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
dramatic power in the conception and truth in the model-
ling of the forms, this metope is unrivalled.
Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 10 ; Baumeister, Denkmaeler, p. 11 77, fig. 1366 ;
Michaelis, pi. 3, xxviii. ; Stereoscopic, No. 91.
318. In this metope, the 29th of the original series, the
Centaur is carrying off a La pith woman. Clasping her
firmly round the waist with his left hand, he has raised
her from the ground. We see from Carrey's drawing
that his right hand, now wanting, grasped her right arm
above the elbow, so as to make her efforts to escape of no
avail; with her left hand she vainly endeavours to loosen
his hold round her waist. The disorder of her drapery
shows the violence of the struggle. Her chiton has
slipped from its attachment on the left shoulder, leaving
her left breast exposed. Over her left arm is the end of
a mantle, which, passing round her back, and twisted
over her right arm, floats unconfmed behind the Centaur.
His head has the pointed ears which are characteristic
of the semi-bestial type, but which do not occur on the
other heads of Centaurs in these metopes. Carrey's
drawing gives the head of the female figure, and the
right arm and tail of the Centaur. There are traces of
the bead and reel moulding on the margin of this metope.
The drapery is beautifully wrought, but the design in its
present condition seems rather tame.
Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 11 ; Michaelis, pi. 4, xxix.; Stereoscopic, No. 92.
319. This metope, the 30th in the series, much resembles
No. 311, both in composition and in style. The Lapith has
fallen with his left leg bent under him; his left arm
rests on a stone, which he grasps in his left hand. His
right hand, which is disarmed, presses feebly against the
left side of the Centaur, who with his left hand st-izes the
hair of his antagonist, and presses his left forefoot on his
right thigh, drawing back his right arm to deal a blow.
The countenance of the Lapith expresses bodily pain,
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
dramatic power in the conception and truth in the model-
ling of the forms, this metope is unrivalled.
Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 10 ; Baumeister, Denkmaeler, p. 11 77, fig. 1366 ;
Michaelis, pi. 3, xxviii. ; Stereoscopic, No. 91.
318. In this metope, the 29th of the original series, the
Centaur is carrying off a La pith woman. Clasping her
firmly round the waist with his left hand, he has raised
her from the ground. We see from Carrey's drawing
that his right hand, now wanting, grasped her right arm
above the elbow, so as to make her efforts to escape of no
avail; with her left hand she vainly endeavours to loosen
his hold round her waist. The disorder of her drapery
shows the violence of the struggle. Her chiton has
slipped from its attachment on the left shoulder, leaving
her left breast exposed. Over her left arm is the end of
a mantle, which, passing round her back, and twisted
over her right arm, floats unconfmed behind the Centaur.
His head has the pointed ears which are characteristic
of the semi-bestial type, but which do not occur on the
other heads of Centaurs in these metopes. Carrey's
drawing gives the head of the female figure, and the
right arm and tail of the Centaur. There are traces of
the bead and reel moulding on the margin of this metope.
The drapery is beautifully wrought, but the design in its
present condition seems rather tame.
Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 11 ; Michaelis, pi. 4, xxix.; Stereoscopic, No. 92.
319. This metope, the 30th in the series, much resembles
No. 311, both in composition and in style. The Lapith has
fallen with his left leg bent under him; his left arm
rests on a stone, which he grasps in his left hand. His
right hand, which is disarmed, presses feebly against the
left side of the Centaur, who with his left hand st-izes the
hair of his antagonist, and presses his left forefoot on his
right thigh, drawing back his right arm to deal a blow.
The countenance of the Lapith expresses bodily pain,