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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
325. chariot in the procession. This slab is shorter than any
of the others representing chariot groups. Part of the
52. head of the apobates (No. 52) is supplied in plaster from
the original fragment at Athens. A fragment of an
apobates, which may well belong to the figure No. 52,
has recently been fitted to the left of slab xxiv., thus
proving that No. xxiv. is the first slab of the cavalry, and
making it very probable that No. xxiii. is the last slab
of the chariots. This fragment, incorrectly drawn, is
assigned by Michaelis to slab xxviii. of the south side.
54--109. From this point to the north-west angle of the frieze XXIV.-
we have a continuous procession of Athenian cavalry. XLII.
The horsemen advance in a loose throng, in which no
division into ranks or troops, nor indeed any settled order,
can be made out. The groups, being very crowded, are
carried on from slab to slab continuously, so that the
vertical lines of the joints intersect the figures, whilo on
the western frieze, on the contrary, the groups, being
more scattered, are always completed on single slabs.
The general effect of a body of horse in rapid movement
is admirably rendered in the composition of the northern
frieze, and is particularly fine in slabs xxx.-xlii., in
which the effect has not been marred by mutilation.
Though the entire composition is pervaded by the same
general motion, a wonderful fertility of invention is
shown in the arrangement of the successive groups. In
the one hundred and twenty-five mounted figures in this
cavalcade we do not find one single monotonous repetition.
Though the horses bound along with a fiery impatience,
which seems at every moment ready to break loose from
all control, these irregular movements never disturb the
even hand and well-assured seat of the riders. Thus, as
the cavalcade dashes along like a torrent, a rhythmical
effect is produced by the contrast of the impetuous horses
and their calm, steadfast riders.
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
325. chariot in the procession. This slab is shorter than any
of the others representing chariot groups. Part of the
52. head of the apobates (No. 52) is supplied in plaster from
the original fragment at Athens. A fragment of an
apobates, which may well belong to the figure No. 52,
has recently been fitted to the left of slab xxiv., thus
proving that No. xxiv. is the first slab of the cavalry, and
making it very probable that No. xxiii. is the last slab
of the chariots. This fragment, incorrectly drawn, is
assigned by Michaelis to slab xxviii. of the south side.
54--109. From this point to the north-west angle of the frieze XXIV.-
we have a continuous procession of Athenian cavalry. XLII.
The horsemen advance in a loose throng, in which no
division into ranks or troops, nor indeed any settled order,
can be made out. The groups, being very crowded, are
carried on from slab to slab continuously, so that the
vertical lines of the joints intersect the figures, whilo on
the western frieze, on the contrary, the groups, being
more scattered, are always completed on single slabs.
The general effect of a body of horse in rapid movement
is admirably rendered in the composition of the northern
frieze, and is particularly fine in slabs xxx.-xlii., in
which the effect has not been marred by mutilation.
Though the entire composition is pervaded by the same
general motion, a wonderful fertility of invention is
shown in the arrangement of the successive groups. In
the one hundred and twenty-five mounted figures in this
cavalcade we do not find one single monotonous repetition.
Though the horses bound along with a fiery impatience,
which seems at every moment ready to break loose from
all control, these irregular movements never disturb the
even hand and well-assured seat of the riders. Thus, as
the cavalcade dashes along like a torrent, a rhythmical
effect is produced by the contrast of the impetuous horses
and their calm, steadfast riders.