Athens Acropolis: Parthenon
Item
- Title
- Athens Acropolis: Parthenon
- Alternative Title
- The temple of Maiden Athena, Acropolis of Athens
- Creator
- Phidias (Athenian architect, sculptor, and painter, ca. 490-430 BCE)
- Iktinos (Athenian architect, active 5th century BCE)
- Kallikrates (Greek architect, active 5th century BCE)
- City
- Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece
- Country
- Greece
- Date Created
- ca. 480-393 BCE (creation)
- Century
- 5th century BCE
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Style/Period
- Classical
- Greek (ancient)
- Cultural Context
- Greek (ancient)
- Materials
- Limestone foundation
- white marble
- Techniques
- carving (processes)
- construction
- Description
- View of the 8 column wide west front with surviving metopes and gable-sculpture as seen approaching from the Propylaia, 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.
- Source
- Javier Gomez
- Photographer
- Javier Gomez
- Rights Holder
- © Javier Gomez
- Texas Tech University Libraries
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
Phidias (Athenian architect, sculptor, and painter, ca. 490-430 BCE), Iktinos (Athenian architect, active 5th century BCE), and Kallikrates (Greek architect, active 5th century BCE), “Athens Acropolis: Parthenon”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed March 19, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/37974