Restoration work on Athens' Acropolis is set to shift to the west side of the Parthenon under a 40-year-long effort to restore the ancient archaeological ...

Phidias, Rising goddess (figure K from the east pediment of the Parthenon), ca. 438–432 BC, Marble, the British Museum. Photo: The Trustees of the British Museum. Dispatch. June 26, 2018. Rodin ...

His famous work depicting a couple embracing, The Kiss (1882), for example, was influenced by a pair of erotic female goddesses originally on the East Pediment of the Parthenon. Rodin owned an ...

The west pediment of the reconstruction of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee depicts Athena and Poseidon fighting for the rule of Attica while the other gods look on.

You can see her on the west pediment of the Parthenon gallery in the British Museum, witnessing the competition between Poseidon and Athena that, according to myth, gave Athens its name. Truncated by ...

The pigment, which was widely used until 800 AD, was identified on sculptures that formed parts of the decorated east and west ends of the Parthenon temple.

Statuary from the east pediment of the Parthenon on display at the British Museum in London. Photo by Ejectgoose, public domain. Sarah Cascone May 9, 2016 Share Share This Article ...