British Museum Top 20 04-2 Head of a horse of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon

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British Museum Top 20 04-1 Elgin Marbles Block 37

British Museum Top 20 04-2 Head of a horse of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon

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British Museum Top 20 04-2 Head of a horse of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon [10 of 30]

4. Head of the horse of Selene – Athens Parthenon, 447-432BC, 83cm. The horse’s head captures the stress felt by a beast that has spent the night drawing Selene’s chariot of the Moon across the sky. The horse pins back its ears, the jaw gapes, the nostrils flare, the eyes bulge, veins stand out, and the flesh seems spare and taut over the flat plate of the cheek bone.

British Museum Top 20 04-2 Head of a horse of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon 4. Head of the horse of Selene – Athens Parthenon, 447-432BC, 83cm. The horse’s head captures the stress felt by a beast that has spent the night drawing Selene’s chariot of the Moon across the sky. The horse pins back its ears, the jaw gapes, the nostrils flare, the eyes bulge, veins stand out, and the flesh seems spare and taut over the flat plate of the cheek bone.

DATE: 2004-06-28 14:19