The cause of the Parthenon marbles was therefore both personal ... for only there can you properly see its marvelous proportions and appreciate the way the marble interacts with the light and ...

Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...

On arriving in Athens, the first sight these young tourists would look for was the Acropolis and its crowning glory: the pillared Parthenon, dedicated to the warrior goddess Athena. Yet even as ...

Parthenon sculpture ... and the human movement and the garments . . . The effort was to achieve the perfect proportions of the human body which were not there before. The key word for the new ...

This identity is reinforced with the Parthenon, a full-scale replica of the one found in Athens. Although Nashville's Parthenon was only meant to be temporary – it was built for the Tennessee ...

The 2,500-year-old Parthenon is among the most recognizable embodiments of Greece's golden age, hailed worldwide as a symbol of wealth, culture, and intellect. The marble building was centrally ...

The Parthenon sculptures set out to present an ... movement and the garments . . . The effort was to achieve the perfect proportions of the human body which were not there before.