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