Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Athena Parthenos
Image View:
Detail, cord in the shape of a snake, binding the peplos
Creator:
after Phidias (Ancient Greek sculptor, ca. 500 - ca. 432 BCE); Antiochus of Athens (Ancient Greek sculptor, active 1st century BCE)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8622
Location Note:
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46
GPS:
41.901172 12.473059
Date:
copy, ca. 10-99 BCE (creation); original, ca. 490-430 BCE (other)
Cultural Context:
Ancient Greek
Style Period:
Classical
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Pentelic marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Athena (Greek deity)
Description:
The goddess Pallas Athena stands holding a spear (missing) in one hand. She wears a helmet, floor-length robe and aegis cloak emblazoned with the head of the Gorgon Medusa. Greek, 1st century BCE copy (signed) by Athenian sculptor Antiochus (Ἀντίοχος) of the famous original from 5th century BCE by Phidias (ca. 490-430 BCE). Some 17th-century restorations; arms, ends of the belt, some folds of the peplos, aegis, tip of the nose. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-SAP-A06
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Athena Parthenos