Parthenon Frieze

Parthenon Frieze

447-432 BCE

1674 (drawing)

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Phidias

Carrey, Jacques (drawings)

Greek

visual works

Greece (nation)

Athens (inhabited place)

Hight Classical

friezes (entablature components)

drawings (visual works)

Drawings of sections of frieze from the east pediment of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, depicting the birth of Athena by Jacques Carrey in 1674. Gordon Bugbee Collection. "The east pediment represented the birth of Athena. According to Greek mythology Zeus gave birth to Athena after a terrible headache prompted him to summon Hephaestus’ (the god of fire and the forge) assistance. To alleviate the pain he ordered Hephaestus to strike him with his forging hummer, and when he did, Zeus’ head split open and out popped the goddess Athena in full armor. The sculptural arrangement depicts the moment of Athena’s ... Unfortunately, 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. The main Olympian gods must have stood around Zeus and Athena watching the wondrous event with Hephaestus and Hera probably near them. The Carrey drawings are instrumental in reconstructing the sculptural arrangement beyond the center figures to the north and south,"--AncientGreece.org

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