Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Athens Acropolis: Parthenon
Alternate Title:
Parthenon
Image View:
The Parthenon, the altar
Creator:
Kallikrates (Greek (ancient) architect, active 5th century BCE)
Location:
site: Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece
Date:
ca. 480-393 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Greek (ancient)
Style Period:
Classical; Greek (ancient)
Work Type 1:
temple
Work Type 2:
excavation (site)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Relation Work:
part of Athens Acropolis [site]
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; deities; mythology (Classical); altar
Description:
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: Union List of Artist Names [online notes]; http://www.getty.edu /research/conducting _research/vocabulari es/ulan)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A3-G-A-3-D5
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Athens Acropolis: Parthenon