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Definition of Metopes
1. metope [n] - See also: metope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metopes
Literary usage of Metopes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"CHAPTER 4 THE COMPOSITION OF THE SCULPTURED DORIC FRIEZES THE BASSAI metopes mark
an important development in the design of the sculptured Doric frieze. ..."
2. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"The remaining fifty metopes were without carving, but probably painted. In the
sculptural slabs, which are much injured, nine of the labors of Heracles are ..."
3. The Sculptures of the Parthenon by Alexander Stuart Murray (1903)
"CHAPTER IV THE SOUTH metopes [PLATS X.] IN a Doric temple there were square spaces
immediately above the architrave which were called metopes. ..."
4. A Guide to the Sculptures of the Parthenon in the British Museum by Arthur Hamilton Smith (1908)
"Mus. Dept. of Prints and Drawings). metopes OP THE PARTHENON. The metopes of the
Parthenon are sculptured blocks which were inserted in the spaces, ..."
5. A Popular Handbook to the Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum by Edward Tyas Cook (1903)
"THE metopes We may next examine the metopes which are arranged high up on the
... metopes were the sculptured blocks inserted in the spaces left between the ..."
6. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The sculptures in the Museum which belonged to it are of three kinds ; metopes,
the square-shaped intervals between the raised tablets or ..."
7. Art in Ornament and Dress by Charles Blanc (1877)
"The Greek architect gives animation to the aspect of the Doric frieze by a
succession of triglyphs and TRIGLYPHS AND metopes. metopes, and to give a marked ..."
8. Greek Refinements: Studies in Temperamental Architecture by William Henry Goodyear (1912)
"42 The measurements for the Parthenon metopes of the east front are given by
Penrose on p. 17 of his book. He has arranged them in the order from north to ..."
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