1. Acropolis-Classical-high classical

2. PARTHENON

3. Aerial view of the Acropolis looking southeast, Athens, Greece.

4. Model of the Acropolis, Athens, ca. 447 - 432 BCE
Parthenon
Erechtheion
Temple of Athena
Model of the Acropolis, Athens, ca BCE
Propylaia S

5. Plan of the Acropolis, Athens, ca. 447 - 432 BCE

6. Greek Classical, Iktinos and Kallikrates (architects-know their names), The Parthenon, Chief sculptor: PHIDIAS. Know him too!

7. Greek, Parthenon reconstruction

8. PHIDIAS, Athena Parthenos, in the cella of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438 BCE. Model of the lost chryselephantine (cult) statue.
PHIDIAS, Athena Parthenos, in the cella of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438 BCE. Model of the lost chryselephantine statue. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.

9. Greek, Plan of Parthenon

11. Various metopes from Parthenon

12. Greek Classical, Parthenon east pediment sculptures, left side and right sides, 438-432BCE

13. Helios and his horses, and Dionysos (Herakles
Helios and his horses, and Dionysos (Herakles?), from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438–432 BCE. Marble, greatest height 4’ 3”. British Museum, London.
Helios and his horses, and Dionysos (Herakles?), from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438–432 BCE. Marble, greatest height 4’ 3”.

14. Phidias = chief sculptor
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Greek Classical, Dionysus, East Ped of Parthenon, C440BCE; Greek Classical, Three Goddesses, East Ped of Parthenon, C440BCE

15. Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite
Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?), from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438–432 BCE. Marble, greatest height 4’ 5”. British Museum, London.
Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?), from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438–432 BCE. Marble, greatest height 4’ 5”.

16. Pantheonic procession frieze Parthenon, Athens 447-438BCE

17. Greek Archaic, Hera of Samos, ~570 BCE COMPARE DRAPERY TREATMENT vs PHIDIAS’S WET DRAPERY STYLE ON PEDIMENT ON PARTHENON
Wow! What a difference!

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MNESIKLES, Propylaia (looking southwest), Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 437–432 BCE.
MNESIKLES, Propylaia (looking southwest), Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 437–432 BCE.

19. Greek Classical, Porch of the Maidens, Erechtheum, Athens, 42

20. Plan of the Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 421–405 BCE.

22. Greek Classical, Porch of the Maidens, Erechtheum, Athens, 42

23. KALLIKRATES, Temple of Athena Nike (looking southwest), Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 427–424 BCE.
KALLIKRATES, Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 427–424 BCE.

24. Greek Classical, Temple of Athena Nike, Athens, c410BC

25. Greek High Classical, Nike from Temple of Athena Nike, ~410 BCE