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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUEE.
architrave, being fastened with bolts to the ground
behind.
The subjects represented are : (1) Battle of Lapiths
and Centaurs; (2) Battle of Greeks and Amazons. The
former subject has 11 slabs of a combined length of
45 feet 6J inches, while the latter has 12 slabs measuring
55 feet 6 inches. The Centauromachia, therefore, occupied
two sides, less the length of one slab, which contained a
part of the Amazonomachia.
Several attempts have been made to fix the probable
order of the slabs, but except in certain cases we have no
evidence. It is probable that the slabs, No. 541 with
Heracles or Theseus, and No. 530 with Centaurs and
Kaineus, were in the centres of two short sides. They
are longer than any other slabs, and are well fitted to
form the central groups in the compositions. Slab No.
510 was certainly a corner slab, as is proved by the
rebate. Slab No. 532 was probably a corner slab. Slabs
Nos. 527 and 528 evidently were next to each other, and
No. 528 was probably at a corner. Beyond these fixed
points, the order can only be determined by considerations
of composition. In the description that fullows, the slabs
are taken in the present order of arrangement in the
British Museum, which is that proposed by Mr. Murray
(Greek Sculpt, ii. pi. 11) except as regards the position of
the slabs of the north side.
The style of the reliefs is somewhat peculiar. Many
of the types of combat are familiar in Attic sculpture.
Compare the group of Kaineus with the same subject
on the frieze of the Theseion, and the Centaur groups
with the metopes of the Parthenon. At the same time
the style of the work, with its high relief, somewhat
florid and coarsely executed, is un-Attic, and it seems
probable that the actual production of the reliefs was in
the hands of local workmen. There is less certaintv as
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUEE.
architrave, being fastened with bolts to the ground
behind.
The subjects represented are : (1) Battle of Lapiths
and Centaurs; (2) Battle of Greeks and Amazons. The
former subject has 11 slabs of a combined length of
45 feet 6J inches, while the latter has 12 slabs measuring
55 feet 6 inches. The Centauromachia, therefore, occupied
two sides, less the length of one slab, which contained a
part of the Amazonomachia.
Several attempts have been made to fix the probable
order of the slabs, but except in certain cases we have no
evidence. It is probable that the slabs, No. 541 with
Heracles or Theseus, and No. 530 with Centaurs and
Kaineus, were in the centres of two short sides. They
are longer than any other slabs, and are well fitted to
form the central groups in the compositions. Slab No.
510 was certainly a corner slab, as is proved by the
rebate. Slab No. 532 was probably a corner slab. Slabs
Nos. 527 and 528 evidently were next to each other, and
No. 528 was probably at a corner. Beyond these fixed
points, the order can only be determined by considerations
of composition. In the description that fullows, the slabs
are taken in the present order of arrangement in the
British Museum, which is that proposed by Mr. Murray
(Greek Sculpt, ii. pi. 11) except as regards the position of
the slabs of the north side.
The style of the reliefs is somewhat peculiar. Many
of the types of combat are familiar in Attic sculpture.
Compare the group of Kaineus with the same subject
on the frieze of the Theseion, and the Centaur groups
with the metopes of the Parthenon. At the same time
the style of the work, with its high relief, somewhat
florid and coarsely executed, is un-Attic, and it seems
probable that the actual production of the reliefs was in
the hands of local workmen. There is less certaintv as