1. GROUP B
THE PARTHENON

2. History “The Old Parthenon” Dedicated to Athena
Iktinos and Kallikrates
Temple’s Function

3. Akropolis, 432 BCE

4. Athena Parthenos
Replica of Phidias' Statue of Athena for the Parthenon in Athens
The 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.

5. History Used as a treasury Christian Conversion Ottoman Turk conquest
Elgin Marbles

6. Bibliography

7. Architecture Itkinos, Callicrates 102ft by 230ft 46 Doric columns
Tapered 6’3”-4’9”
Appears perfect
Athena Promachos

8. Plan

9. Metopes Reliefs High quality
Four images Trojan, Centaurs, Gods and Titans, Persian
Damaged through time

10. Frieze
The Panathenaic Games
West, North, East, South

11. East

12. North

13. North

14. West

15. Sites http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761563987/parthenon.html

16. Is a carving into a piece of stone
Is a carving into a piece of stone. The protrude out of them and are close to the surface.
Bas Relief

17. Archon baileys

18. Athena and Hephaistos

19. The peplos

20. people carrying urns

21. Pediments There is an east pediment and west pediment
Classic Greek sculpture
Figures are in natural movement
The distinction between gods and humans is blurred in the conceptual interplay between the idealism and naturalism bestowed on the stone by the sculptors

22. West Pediment 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

23. West Pediment Recreation

24. West Pediment

25. East Pediment 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.

26. East Pediment

27. East Pediment

28. Temple Practices
Athena

29. Web sites used