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GROUP B
“The Old Parthenon”
Dedicated to Athena
Iktinos and Kallikrates
Temple’s Function
Replica of Phidias' Statue of Athena for the Parthenon in AthensThe original of this statue, the work of Phidias, stood some 12 metres high. The fleshy parts were of ivory while the costume was made out of gold plates fitted over a wooden core.
• Used as a treasury• Christian Conversion• Ottoman Turk conquest•Elgin Marbles
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Parthenon.htm
http://sfr.ee.teiath.gr/htmSELIDES/Art/Arxaia/Parthenon/imagepages/image23.htm
http://www.metrum.org/key/athens/history.htm
http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/22/99922-004-012C57EC.jpg
Itkinos, Callicrates102ft by 230ft46 Doric columnsTapered 6’3”-4’9”Appears perfectAthena Promachos
Reliefs High qualityFour images Trojan, Centaurs, Gods
and Titans, PersianDamaged through time
The Panathenaic GamesWest, North, East, South
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761563987/parthenon.html
http://ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon2.html
http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/greece/parthenon.html
http://www.goddess-athena.org/Museum/Temples/Parthenon/Parthenon_m.html
Is a carving into a piece of stone. The protrude out of them and are close to the surface.
There is an east pediment and west pediment
Classic Greek sculpture Figures are in natural movementThe distinction between gods and
humans is blurred in the conceptual interplay between the idealism and naturalism bestowed on the stone by the sculptors
Faces the Propylaia Depicts the fight between Athena
and Poseidon for who would be the city's patron.
Athena and Poseidon are in the middle
The story of Athena being born The center pieces of the pediment
were destroyed before Jacques Carrey created his drawings in 1674, so all reconstructions are subject to conjecture and speculation.
Athena
http://www.solvinglight.com/features/images/east_pediment_center.jpg
http://www.ancient-greece.org/art/parthenon-ped-west.html
http://www.ancient-greece.org/art/parthenon-ped-east.html
http://worldvisitguide.com/salle/MS03589.html
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