Almost all of Rodin’s main sculptures are represented in this exhibition. The pieces of the Parthenon pediment, originally in sequence, have a particular intensity and completeness when displayed ...

Modern Greece (at least the parts that most tourists see) lends itself to reinforcing this perception. ... You can see her on the west pediment of the Parthenon gallery in the British Museum, ...

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 collection includes 15 sculpted relief panels and figures of gods and heroes from the temple's pediments. They are original parts of the temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, completed in ...

They were carved in 447-432 B.C. to adorn the iconic Parthenon, a temple of the city’s patron goddess Athena, on the Acropolis hill. Free-standing statues filled the triangular pediments that ...

Successive Greek governments have lobbied for the return of the British Museum’s share of the works, which include statues from the Parthenon’s pediments - the all-marble building’s gables.

The missing pieces – among them 15 Parthenon metopes (rectangular slabs) and 19 figures from the temple’s pediments, all of them in London – exist there as plaster casts.

Parthenon Sculptures, which are originally from the temple of Athena in Greece, were brought to Britain by Lord Elgin Pressure has been growing on the British Museum - and others institutions ...

Vaizey recently visited Athens with the Parthenon Project, which was set up by a Greek businessman aimed at convincing London to return the artworks. "I fully support their approach" for a "win ...

FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to ...

Parthenon Sculptures, which are originally from the temple of Athena in Greece, were brought to Britain by Lord Elgin. ... Marble statue from the West pediment of the Parthenon at the British Museum.