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Title
Parthenon
model
Subject
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Models
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Ohio
Description
Reverse
reads
: "
Parthenon
, the
name
given
generally
since
the
4th
Century
B.C
. to the
chief
temple
of
Athena
on the
Acropolis
of
Athena
(eg
.
Demosthenes)
. The
name
is
applied
in the
official
inventories
of the
5th
and
early
4th
centuries
to
one
compartment
of the
temple
, and this was
probably
its
original
meaning
.
It
is
certainly
to be
associated
with the
cult
of
Athena
Parthenos
"the
Virgin.
" The
most
convenient
position
for a
temple
upon
the
natural
rock
plat-
forms
of the
Acropolis
was
occupied
by the
early
temple
of
Athena
.
When
it
was
decided
to
supersede
this by a
larger
and
more
magnificent
temple
,
it
was
necessary
to
provide
a
site
for this
new
temple
by
means
of a
great
substructure
,
which
is
on its
south
side
about
40
feet
high
. This
substructure
was
built
for an
earlier
temple
probably
dating
from the
6th
century
B.C
. The
extent
temple
was the
chief
among
the
buildings
with
which
Pericles
adorned
the
Acropolis
. The
supervision
of the
whole
work
was in the
hands
of
Pheidas
and the
architects
of the
temple
were
Ictinus
and
Callierates
. The
actual
building
was not
begun
until
447
B.C.
,
though
the
decision
to
build
was
made
ten
years
earlier
(Keil)
. The
temple
must
have been
structurally
complete
by the
year
438
B.C
. in
which
the
gold
and
ivory
statue
of
Athena
Pathenes
was
dedicated
; but the
work
of
decoration
was
still
going
to be in
433
B.C
. The
temple
designed
by
Ictimus
was
about
15
feet
shorter
and
about
6
feet
wider
than the
building
for
which
the
foundations
were
intended
.
It
thus
obtained
a
proportion
of
length
to
breadth
of
exactly
9:4
.
It
is
the
most
per-
fect
example
of
Doric
order
. The
plan
was
peculiar
. The
cella
which
was
exactly
100
feet
long
kept
the
name
and
traditional
measurement
of the
old
Hectaompedon
.
It
was
surrounded
on
three
sides
by a
Dorie
colonnade
and in the
middle
of
it
was the
great
base
on
which
the
statue
was
erected
. This
cella
was
probably
lightened
only
by the
great
doorway
and by the
light
that
filtered
through
the
marble
tiles
. The
common
notion
that there was a
hypaethral
opening
is
erroneous
. At the
back
of the
cella
was a
square
chamber
, not
communicating
with
it
but
entered
from the
west
end
of the
temple
. This was the
Parthenon
in its
narrow
sense
.
It
seems
to have been
used
only
as a
storehouse
,
though
it
may
have been
originally
intended
for a
few
more
important
purposes
. The
Prodomus
and the
Opisthodmus
were
inclusded
by
bronse
grating
fixed
between
the
columns
and were
thus
adapted
to
contain
valuable
offerings
and
other
treasures
. The
Opisthodmus
in
particular
probably
served
as a
treasury
. The
metopes
over
the
outer
colonnade
were
all
sculptured
and
repre-
sented
on the
east
the
battle
of
Gods
and
Giants
; on the
west
,
probably
the
battle
of
Greeks
and
Amazons
; on the
sout
,
Greeks
and
Ceritams
; those on the
north
were
almost
lost
. The
east
pediment
represented
the
birth
of
Athena
, the
west
pediment
her
contest
with
Poseidon
for the
land
of
Attica
. The
friese
which
was
placed
above
the
cella
wall
at the
sides
represented
the
Panathennaic
procession
,
approaching
on
3
the
group
of
gods
seated
in the
middle
of the
east
side
. These
sculptures
are
admirably
adapted
to their
position
on the
buildings
.
---ENCYCLOPAEDIA
BRITANNICA---
The
Parthenon
is
a
temple
of
ancient
Greece
,
one
of the
most
famous
relics
of
antiquity
and
generally
considered
the
most
perfect
building
ever
constructed
.
It
depicted
the
great
Pnathemaic
procession
in
which
all
classes
of
Athenians
assembled
to
do
honor
to the
goddess
.
Gigantic
sculptures
ornamented
other
parts
of the
buildings
.
Rich
colors
,
gold
,
red
and
blue
were
used
in the
decoration
of these
designs
. The
building
was
constructed
of
White
Marble
and the
tiles
of the
roof
of
Parlan
Marble
.
Within
there were
two
halls
,
one
of
which
contained
the
great
ivory
and
gold
statue
of
Athenae
by
Phidias
.
It
became
a
Christian
church
about
the
6th
century
dedicated
to the
Divine
Wisdom
and
later
to the
Virgin
.
When
Athens
was
captured
by the
Turks
in
1458
it
was a
Mohammedan
Mosque
and a
minaret
was
added
. The
Parthenon
was
used
as a
powder
house
by the
Turks
,
when
the
Venetians
were
striving
to
conquer
Athens
,
1687
, and
suffered
much
from the
exploration
which
killed
300
people
and
completely
destroyed
the
central
position
of the
building
. The
building
is
about
228
feet
in
length
,
101
feet
in
width
and
60
feet
high.
" This
is
a
photo
of a
man
who
is
painting
a
model
of the
Parthenon
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B11F03_19_001.tif
Image Height
5196
Image Width
6407
File Size
99877503 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2010-04-20
Date modified
2010-07-14
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