Elgin’s workmen removed a total of 15 metopes from the Parthenon. They also took 247 feet—just under half—of the total frieze, as well as removing one of the caryatids (female sculptures ...

Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around 440 BC). Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens ...

Architectural evidence and historic record, including reference to the Parthenon's 40-foot-high, gold-and-ivory statue of Athena, essentially confirm the building's original function as a temple.

Hurwit: The Parthenon, like a statue, exemplifies a certain symmetria. Its symmetria largely depends upon the 9:4 ratio, which is present in various dimensions of the building—the length of the ...

Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, and a few years later put them on public show in London. For most western Europeans it was the ...

Jacinta Allan and Nicholas Reece turn up the pressure on Britain, calling the retention of the Parthenon Sculptures a ...

So what makes the Parthenon sculptures different from the bronzes, which were also originally plundered by British colonialists? Can the conclusion that one claim is more valid than the other be ...

Their sculptures, such as the Parthenon sculptures and the Discus Thrower (Discobolus), are iconic representations of Classical Greek art. The Hellenistic era, which spanned from the death of ...

Others rave about the fascinating exhibits and love the giant statue of Athena. Located in Centennial Park about 2 miles west of Music Row, the Parthenon ... children ages 4 to 17.

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers on Wednesday elected as president a former parliamentary speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British ...

Ever since the early 19th century, when Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin, sawed off and crowbarred many of the carvings that ringed the top of the Parthenon and sold them to the British Museum to ...