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I once saw a picture -- in a lantern lecture in London -- of a pre-Pheidian statue of Athene; dating,
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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But who are the several heroes of the Æginetan pediment, and what was the subject of the Pheidian statues on the Parthenon?
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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But who are the several heroes of the Æginetan pediment, and what was the subject of the Pheidian statues on the Parthenon?
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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I noticed two young contadini in one field, whom Frederick Walker might have painted with the dignity of Pheidian form.
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866
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Few have realised the Pheidian perfection of doing equal justice.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti John Addington Symonds 1866
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I noticed two young contadini in one field, whom Frederick Walker might have painted with the dignity of Pheidian form.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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I noticed two young contadini in one field, whom Frederick Walker might have painted with the dignity of Pheidian form.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series John Addington Symonds 1866
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And dream of Pheidian fancies and embrace in heart
Brian McLaren EMC 2010
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There is, perhaps, little enough in pre-Pheidian Greek sculpture that belongs to the history of Art at all (I do not speak of old cycles and manvantaras, the ages of Troy and
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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Thus even Orcagna's masterpiece may strike us not as the plaything of a Pheidian genius condescending for once to "breathe through silver," but of a consummate goldsmith taxing the resources of his craft to form a monumental jewel. [
Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts John Addington Symonds 1866
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