More Parthenon and Persepolis Resources
More Parthenon and Persepolis Resources
As mentioned in episode 10, I have a number of good resources to share on the Parthenon, her frieze, and Persepolis. Check these out...
THE PARTHENON
The British Museum
•Galleries of the Parthenon Frieze
•Cleaning of the Parthenon Sculptures in 1938
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/c/the_cleaning_of_the_parthenon.aspx
•What are the ‘Elgin Marbles’?
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/w/what_are_the_elgin_marbles.aspx
UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Acropolis, Athens
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/404/gallery/
Lots of great images of the Parthenon Frieze and sculptures at Ancient-Greece.org
http://www.ancient-greece.org/images/museums/parthenon-sculpt/index.htm
The Parthenon Frieze from the National Documentation Centre, Ministry of Culture, Greece.
Great introduction and history of the frieze, a stone-by-stone description with images, and a bibliography.
http://www.ekt.gr/parthenonfrieze/index.jsp?lang=en&w=1024
The Parthenon Frieze virtual tour with flashy graphics, Columbia University Visual Media Center
http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/parthenon/flash/main.htm
The Nashville Parthenon
http://www.nashville.gov/parthenon/
Reconstruction drawing of the interior of the Parthenon showing the statue of Athena Parthenos
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/image?lookup=1993.01.0584
PERSEPOLIS
UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Persepolis
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/114/gallery/
Oriental Institute Photographic Archives
•Persepolis and Ancient Iran — Catalog of Expedition Photographs©
http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/persepolis/
•Persepolis Terrace: Architecture, Reliefs, and Finds
http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/persepolis/persepolis.html
THE HARPY TOMB, XANTHOS, LYCIA
Relief panel from the Harpy Tomb, The British Museum
Ancient Art Podcast
Friday, November 16, 2007