The kinds of optical refinements that we detect in the architecture of the Parthenon were far older than the fifth century. In the sixth century, in what we call the Archaic period, entasis can be ...

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.

Many collections of Parthenon statuary housed in the world ... who shared his client’s passion for Greek sculpture and architecture. In 1799 Lord Elgin’s diplomatic services were again ...

The cause of the Parthenon marbles was therefore both personal ... do as the “frozen music” (as Goethe once defined architecture) of Indo-Islamic design. We would be impatient to see what ...

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 ...