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