Parthenon sculptures

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Classical Greek sculpture ancient Greek art sculpture collection

The Parthenon sculptures are a renowned collection of Classical Greek marble statues and reliefs that once adorned the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens, celebrated for their artistic mastery and depiction of gods, heroes, and Athenian processions.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Parthenon frieze 3
Parthenon metopes 2
Elgin Marbles 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Classical Greek sculpture ⓘ
ancient Greek art ⓘ
sculpture collection ⓘ
architecturalContext the Parthenon ⓘ
surface form: Parthenon
artMovement Ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ
surface form: Classical Greek art
associatedWith Athenian democracy ⓘ
Panathenaea ⓘ
surface form: Panathenaic Festival
commissionedBy Pericles ⓘ
completionDate 432 BCE ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
creator Phidias ⓘ
culturalSignificance masterpiece of Classical Greek sculpture ⓘ
depicts Amazonomachy ⓘ
Athenian processions ⓘ
Centauromachy ⓘ
Gigantomachy ⓘ
Greek gods ⓘ
Greek heroes ⓘ
Panathenaea ⓘ
surface form: Panathenaic procession

Trojan War scenes ⓘ
mythological battles ⓘ
genre pedimental sculpture ⓘ
relief sculpture ⓘ
hasPart Parthenon sculptures self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parthenon frieze

Parthenon sculptures self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parthenon metopes

Parthenon sculptures self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parthenon pediments
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage component
inception 447 BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
influenced Western art ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
materialUsed Pentelic marble ⓘ
notableWork birth of Athena group in east pediment ⓘ
horsemen of the frieze ⓘ
seated gods and goddesses of the frieze ⓘ
statues of Athena and Poseidon in west pediment ⓘ
originallyLocatedIn Parthenon cella ⓘ
the Parthenon ⓘ
surface form: Parthenon exterior
partiallyLocatedIn Acropolis Museum ⓘ
British Museum ⓘ
Louvre Museum ⓘ
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palermo ⓘ
National Museum of Denmark ⓘ
Vatican Museums ⓘ
partOf the Parthenon ⓘ
surface form: Parthenon
significantDispute ownership and repatriation debate ⓘ
significantEvent removal by Lord Elgin ⓘ
style High Classical style ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gigantomachy → depictedOn → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parthenon metopes
Panathenaea → depictedOn → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parthenon frieze
Panathenaia → depictedOn → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parthenon frieze
Parthenon sculptures → hasPart → Parthenon sculptures self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parthenon frieze
Parthenon sculptures → hasPart → Parthenon sculptures self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parthenon metopes
Parthenon sculptures → hasPart → Parthenon sculptures self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parthenon pediments
Acropolis Museum → notableCollection → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
Acropolis Museum → notableCollection → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
this entity surface form: frieze of the Parthenon
Centauromachy → notableDepiction → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
this entity surface form: metopes of the Parthenon
Amazonomachy → notableExample → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parthenon west metopes
British Museum → notableWork → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parthenon Marbles
British Museum → notableWork → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elgin Marbles
Phidias → notableWork → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin → objectSold → Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
this entity surface form: Parthenon sculptures (Elgin Marbles)