The temple was the centrepiece of an ambitious building programme on the acropolis of athens the british museum explains.
Marbles from the parthenon.
It has been ruined since 1687 when gunpowder stored inside exploded and attackers bombarded the structure.
It has been a christian church and a muslim mosque.
They were made by the greek architect and sculptor phidias and were an integral part of the temple of parthenon and other temples on the acropolis in athens.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
What are the parthenon marbles.
Of these the metopes and the frieze were part of the structure of the parthenon itself.
A section of marble frieze sculpture 438 432 bc from the parthenon in athens part of the collection that is popularly referred to as the elgin marbles at the british museum.
The parthenon and its sculptures marbles have a history which stretches back 2500 years when it was built to honor a goddess called athena.
γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈɛlɡɪn are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants.
When the parthenon was built between 447bc and 432bc three sets of sculptures the metopes the frieze and the pediments were created to adorn it.
The parthenon marbles greek.
The elgin marbles sometimes referred to as the parthenon sculptures are a collection of marble sculptures that originally adorned the top of the exterior of the parthenon in athens greece and.
The pieces were sold to the british museum in london in 1816.
The parthenon marbles have become the most visible and notorious collection of acropolis artifacts still housed in museums across europe often with the justification that such objects are.
The elgin marbles are sculptures from the parthenon a marble frieze temple aka a doric temple on the athenian acropolis greece built in 447 432 bc and dedicated to the goddess athena.