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The Parthenon frieze is the high-relief Pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenon's naos. It was sculpted between c. 443 and 437 BC, [ 1 ] most likely under the direction of Phidias .
Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends (1868) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Phidias or Pheidias (/ ˈ f ɪ d i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φειδίας, Pheidias; c. 480 – c. 430 BC) was an Ancient Greek sculptor, painter, and architect, active in the 5th century BC.
Annotated sectional view of the Parthenon with parts in the British Museum shaded. The statues are the largest pediment statues made in classical Greece and they are almost all in one piece. [1] In addition, they were sculpted in the round. [1] [3] [8] [9] [10] The same care was accorded to the front and the back, though the latter is hidden.
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The most famous Greek cult images were of this type, including the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and Phidias's Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon in Athens, both colossal statues now completely lost. Fragments of two chryselephantine statues from Delphi have been excavated. Cult images generally held or wore identifying attributes, which is one way ...
A marble fragment of the Parthenon temple has been returned to Athens from a museum in Sicily, a move officials hope will advance efforts to have the British Museum send back ancient sculptures ...
The statue was likely made of "spare parts", perhaps first mounted in the workshop, then dismantled, moved to the Parthenon, after its completion, and installed in its final place. [13] The remaining accounts make it possible to estimate the cost of the work at 704 talents , or the equivalent of 200 Triremes (the city's naval power base).
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Brutus Buckeye statue on Ohio State University’s campus was damaged overnight. According to police, the Brutus statue outside of College Traditions on West Lane ...