Athens Acropolis: Parthenon
Item
- Title
- Athens Acropolis: Parthenon
- Alternative Title
- Parthenon
- Creator
- Kallikrates (Greek architect, active 5th century BCE)
- Iktinos (Athenian architect, active 5th century BCE)
- Drafter
- Heliog J. Chauvet
- City
- Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece
- Location
- Greece
- Building Creation Date
- ca. 480-393 BCE (creation)
- Century
- 5th century BCE
- 4th century BCE
- Description
- front elevation
- side elevation, elevations
- Techniques
- According to inscriptions as well as the writings of Plutarch, Kallikrates designed the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis. There is also suggestion that he was the designer of the Ionic elements of the Parthenon.
- Classification
- Architectural Documentation
- Documentation Type
- elevations
- Style/Period
- Classical
- Greek (ancient)
- Cultural Context
- Greek (ancient)
- Subject
- Temples -- Greek -- Inventories -- Greece -- Athens -- Acropolis -- Parthenon
- Source
- Seure, Georges. Monuments antiques, relevés et restaurés par les architectes pensionnaires de l’Académie de France à Rome
- notices archéologiques par Georges Seure. Paris: C. Massin, 1910, 29.
- Access Rights
- Public Domain
- Related
- Part of Athens Acropolis [site]
- creator
- Iktinos
- Kallikrates
- Item sets
- Architecture Illustrations
Kallikrates (Greek architect, active 5th century BCE) and Iktinos (Athenian architect, active 5th century BCE), “Athens Acropolis: Parthenon”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed May 14, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/18426