12 this paper was presented at the colloquium on classical archaeol ogy in honour of sir john boardmans 80th birthday organised by the.

The parthenon frieze with cdrom pdf. It represents the panathenaic procession that was a central celebration in athens during classical times dedicated to the goddess athena. Construction began in 447 bc when the athenian empire was at the peak of its power. Considering the incredible detail put into the parthenon frieze one would expect its imagery to be far more visible to its visitors. The parthenon frieze is the high relief pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the parthenons naosit was sculpted between c.

Paroenwnas parthenonas paroenonas is a former temple on the athenian acropolis greece dedicated to the goddess athena whom the people of athens considered their patron. He parthenon frieze is a continuous relief depiction running along the top part of the outside wall of the main temple within the outer colonnade. 36 by contrast the display of the bassai frieze on the inside of a rather dimly lit room goes some way to reproduce the setting of the arkadian temple although the frieze is not at the same height and the room has neither the spaciousness nor the variation of shadow of the temple cella. Instead as brought up by countless researchers in the past these marbles are not only at a height and furthermore.

443 and 437 bc most likely under the direction of pheidiasof the 160 meters 524 ft of the original frieze 128 meters 420 ft survivessome 80 percent. Its total length was 160 metres while its height was approx. Rich colors and added metal attachments were used to decorate the individual fig ures that stood out against a deep blue ground. Academiaedu is a platform for academics to share research papers.

The parthenon p r o e n n n en. For sir john boardmans 80th birthday 2082007 antike kunst 51 2008 pp. Assessing the bassai frieze is rendered problematic by the uncertainty surrounding the order of the slabs. 3 olga palagia the parthenon frieze.

Winged victory nike of samothrace. Phidias parthenon sculptures pediments metopes and frieze plaque of the ergastines fragment from the frieze on the east side of the parthenon.