The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art . Avo ^foi, 8vo Trap^ivoi,H-aaiyvTjTai (re/ifat tov ^oiSov.{^) The attitude of Diana, bending forward, composes well withthat of Vulcan retreating backward, the corresponding lines ofwhose figures would thus present a perfect balancing of parts,forming by themselves an independent group, subsidiary to thewhole composition; a practice which we find so constantlyobserved in all monuments of pure Greek art. 1 See MiiLLEU, Benhn. ii. 156-160.^ Compare Henzen, Annall delV Iiid. xiv. 91.^ It is probable that Diana is frequ
The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art . Avo ^foi, 8vo Trap^ivoi,H-aaiyvTjTai (re/ifat tov ^oiSov.{^) The attitude of Diana, bending forward, composes well withthat of Vulcan retreating backward, the corresponding lines ofwhose figures would thus present a perfect balancing of parts,forming by themselves an independent group, subsidiary to thewhole composition; a practice which we find so constantlyobserved in all monuments of pure Greek art. 1 See MiiLLEU, Benhn. ii. 156-160.^ Compare Henzen, Annall delV Iiid. xiv. 91.^ It is probable that Diana is frequently represented on the vases in the form ofan Eileithyia. Dr. Braun endeavours to prove the identity of this goddess with theTAfl/Mffl of Etruscan mirrors.—Annali, 1851, p. 146. ^ NoNNUs, xlii. 371. ^ Eurip. Ion, 468-470. NO. IV. E E 386 ON THE LOST GROUP OF THE Corresponding to this group, we have on the north side thefigure of Eileithyia, tallying with that of Vulcan; in connexionwith whom we require another figure, the attitude of whichshall aofree with that of BUST OF NIKE, IN THE EASTERN PEDIMENT. This figure I should suppose to be Nike (Victory); thebust of which, now in the British Museum, was discoveredj^rostrate within the tympanum, after the execution of Carreysdrawings. The precise situation in which it was found has notbeen recorded,() but it has always been placed contiguous tothe Fates. This position of the figure is seemingly confirmedby its resemblance in attitude and size to the figure of Iris on theopposite side; but it is very important to observe, that its aspecttowards the centre of the pediment does not correspond withthe outward-bound direction of the Iris. The uniformity of sizewith the Iris, the Parca3, and the Eleusinian deities, constitutes,it is true, an objection to its being placed in the position I wouldassign to it; but in the celebrated Beugnot vase, we not only 1 See ViscoNTis Catalogne of the Mrjhi Collection, in Appendix to Eeport
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