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Parthenon Frieze Wikipedia The Parthenon frieze is the highrelief pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenon’s naos It was sculpted between c 443 and 437 BC most likely under the direction of Pheidias Of the 160 meters 524 ft of the original frieze 128 meters 420 ft survives—some 80 percent The Parthenon Frieze The Parthenon Frieze The Parthenon frieze which runs on a continuous line around the exterior wall of the cella is 1 meter high and 160 meters long The sculptures are executed in low relief and depict the people of Athens in two processions that begin at the southwest corner and parade in opposite directions until they converge over the door of the cella at the east end of the Parthenon The Frieze Acropolis Museum This procession unfolds over the 160 meters of continuous sculptural decoration of the Parthenon frieze The frieze consisted of 115 blocks It had a total length of 160 meters and was 102 meters high Some 378 human figures and deities and more than 200 animals mainly horses are presented in the process Parthenon Frieze Sculpture Tufts University The traditional interpretation of the Parthenon frieze is that it depicts in some sense a Panathenaic procession part of the festival of the same name celebrated each year on the occasion of Athenas birthday Parthenon Frieze Wilcox Classical Museum The frieze of the Parthenon is a long sculpted band of Pentelic marble on the top of the exterior wall of the cella the central building inside the colonnade and above the columns of the end porches It was probably carved from 449 and installed by 440 BCE The Parthenon Frieze 9780521684026 Jenifer As one of the foremost examples of the high classical style and the finest expression of midfifth century Athenian ideology the Parthenon frieze is without doubt one of the major monuments of western civilization and as such deserves to be understood in all its dimensions An introduction to the Parthenon and its sculptures – The The Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are 247 feet around 75 metres of the original 524 feet around 160 metres of frieze 15 of the 92 metopes 17 figures from the two pediments and various pieces of architecture from the building How the Parthenon Lost Its Marbles History Magazine Parthenon in Peril Many collections of Parthenon statuary housed in the world’s museums today were acquired in this way The most famous and significant was brought to London beginning in 1803 by the former British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire the nobleman Thomas Bruce—more commonly known as Lord Elgin Η ζωφόρος του Παρθενώνα The Parthenon Frieze The Parthenon Frieze The Parthenon Frieze a unique work of art is presented in digital form through the present application which was developed by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture Acropolis Restoration Service First Ephorate of Prehistoric Classical Antiquities – Department of Information Education and the National Documentation
