To say that these unique marble sculptures made by pheidias from the beautiful.
Marble greek sculptures of athena.
Regarding the materials greek sculpture was most often in bronze and porous limestone but whilst bronze seems never to have gone out of fashion the stone of choice would become marble.
γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants.
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This strong material is water and weather resistant doesn t have bubbles will not crack and can be washed with most cleaning agents.
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An inscription on the base indicates that the statue was an offering to the goddess athena from rhonbos thoughts are that the bearded man with a calf slung over his shoulder is actually rhonbos himself bringing the calf to the acropolis to be sacrificed.
The parthenon marbles greek.
Athena was the least selfish and most noble goddess of the greek pantheon.
There is a trouble with bronze as it was a very precious material and very often the original bronze sculptures were melted.
The statue stands 1 18m high is made of white marble and is decorated with bronze pieces of metal all over the head and shoulders.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
These marble sculptures depicted scenes from greek mythology such as the birth of athena and athena s victory over poseidon.
Over 90 of the finished sculpture is natural crushed greek marble stone which gives it a look and feel of solid natural marble.
This sculpture was created during the archaic period and is a stylized image of athena the goddess of war.
All sculptures are finished by hand to ensure the finest quality.
As a culture that lived by the notion that any non greek person was barbaric the marble statues of the parthenon stood as reminders to athena s people of greek and athenian supremacy.
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