The Parthenon

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<p>Name</p>

Name

The Parthenon

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<p>Date of Completion</p>

Date of Completion

432 BCE, one year before the Peloponnesian War broke out.

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<p>Architects</p>

Architects

Ictinus and Callicrates.

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<p>Artist (Sculptural Program)</p>

Artist (Sculptural Program)

Phidias.

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<p>Place of Production</p>

Place of Production

Athens, at the site of the ruined Acropolis.

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<p>Style</p>

Style

Doric temple with some interior Ionic elements.

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<p>Patronage</p>

Patronage

Pericles, leader of Athens.

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<p>Function</p>

Function

  • Religious Monument — Houses the Athena Parthenos, dedicated to the worship of the goddess Athena

  • Civic treasury — Repository of the city’s wealth, akin to a bank.

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<p>Meaning</p>

Meaning

Monument of civic pride for Athenians, sent a message of strength to Persians and foreigners who would visit Athens, communicated the glory of the goddess Athena and the purity and intellect of the Athenian ideal.

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<p>Relevant Historical Context</p>

Relevant Historical Context

  • Built on the site of the Acropolis, which was sacked by the Persians

  • Incorporates both Doric and Ionic elements

  • Laid out in the cardinal direction — the front faces the east, or the rising sun

  • Numerology — uses consistent ratios that operate at many levels, to communicate that everything in the universe can be expressed through a harmonius ordered system

  • Columns lean inward, and bulge at the base (entasis), reminiscent of the human form