horsemen of the frieze

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Parthenon sculpture classical Greek relief sculpture sculptural group

The Horsemen of the Frieze are a celebrated series of carved riders from the Parthenon’s Ionic frieze, depicting an idealized Athenian cavalry procession in classical Greek high-relief sculpture.

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Label	Occurrences
horsemen of the frieze canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Parthenon sculpture ⓘ classical Greek relief sculpture ⓘ sculptural group ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	key component of the Parthenon Marbles ⓘ masterpiece of Classical Greek relief sculpture ⓘ
artStyle	High Classical Greek ⓘ
associatedBuildingType	Doric peripteral temple ⓘ
associatedDeity	Athena Parthenos ⓘ
associatedWith	Athenian cavalry ⓘ Athenian democracy ⓘ Panathenaea ⓘ surface form: Panathenaic procession
belongsTo	Ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ surface form: Attic sculptural tradition
commissionedBy	Periclean building program ⓘ
createdFor	the Parthenon ⓘ surface form: Parthenon
culturalContext	Classical Athens ⓘ
currentLocation	Acropolis Museum ⓘ surface form: Acropolis Museum (Athens) British Museum ⓘ surface form: British Museum (London) Louvre Museum ⓘ surface form: Louvre Museum (Paris)
depicts	Athenian cavalry procession ⓘ horsemen ⓘ idealized Athenian citizens ⓘ riders on horseback ⓘ
function	architectural decoration ⓘ civic commemoration ⓘ religious dedication to Athena ⓘ
hasOriginalLanguageName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
iconography	cavalry equipment ⓘ rearing horses ⓘ youthful horsemen ⓘ
influenced	Neoclassicism ⓘ surface form: Neoclassical art later Western relief sculpture ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
locatedInOriginal	the Parthenon ⓘ surface form: Parthenon
materialUsed	Pentelic marble ⓘ
originalLocationCity	Athens ⓘ
originalLocationCountry	Greece ⓘ
partOf	Parthenon sculptures ⓘ surface form: Ionic frieze of the Parthenon Parthenon sculptures ⓘ surface form: Parthenon frieze
religiousContext	Panathenaea ⓘ surface form: Panathenaic festival cult of Athena ⓘ
sculpturalTechnique	high relief ⓘ
subjectMatterType	military parade ⓘ processional scene ⓘ
timePeriod	5th century BCE ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ surface form: Classical period of ancient Greece
visualCharacteristics	careful rendering of anatomy ⓘ overlapping figures ⓘ sense of movement ⓘ

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