Athens Acropolis: Parthenon

Kallikrates
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Parthenon
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/128033
Date
-480--393
Description
The Parthenon, the southeast corner, detail at the upper portion of the corner; According to inscriptions as well as the writings of Plutarch, Kallikrates designed the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis. There is also suggestion that he was the designer of the Ionic elements of the Parthenon. Source: Union List of Artist Names [online notes]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan (accessed 2/10/2008)
Type of Work
temple; excavation (site)
Subject
architectural exteriors, deities, mythology (Classical), Classical, Greek (ancient)
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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