Parthenon
Title
Parthenon
Date
447-432 BCE
Identifier
1802
Creator
Iktinos
Creator2
Kallikrates
Creator Nationality
Greek
Work Type
built works
Work Location
Greece (nation)
Athens (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Classical
Subject
temples (buildings)
Doric order
columns (architectural elements)
Description
View of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. "Doric peripteral temple, 8 x 17 columns. Double cella with pronaos and opisthodomos, both with 6 prostyle columns. The smaller west cella had 4 interior columns. Inside the east cella was a U-shaped colonnade of 9 columns and a pier on each long side, and 3 columns between the 2 piers on the short side. (Travlos reconstructs columns in place of the piers.) Toward the west end of the interior colonnade was a statue base for the cult statue of Athena Parthenos with a large shallow rectangle cut to create a reflecting pool in front of it. Bronze doors are postulated for both eastern and western cellas,"--Perseus Digital Library.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
A1GRATH2-5448BE3A1
- Date Added
- August 29, 2013
- Collection
- LTU Digital Images
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- columns, Doric, Parthenon, temples
- Citation
- “Parthenon,” LTU Digital Images, accessed April 29, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/11990.