This temple, dedicated to the goddess Athena, patron saint of Athens, measures almost 70 meters long, 30 meters wide, and ...

These features likely worked together to heighten the visual and spiritual experience of the visitor standing in front of the gilded Athena statue. Previous theories about the Parthenon's lighting ...

He has “precisely recreated how both natural and artificial lighting interacted with the elements of the Parthenon,” including the massive ivory and gold statue of Athena, the statement notes.

de Lara's research shows that the Parthenon remained dark inside, creating a theatrical atmosphere that selectively illuminated the gold and ivory statue of Athena by Phidias, made in 438 BCE ...

In its bid to claim the mantle as the Athens of the South, the city of Nashville ... the Parthenon had been a highly illuminated, bright marble space that glorified the 40-foot statue of Athena ...

During those days, the statue of Athena’s geographic location and angle caught the dawn’s sunlight in such a way as to beam directly onto her golden robes. “Imagine entering the Parthenon ...

This has allowed him to precisely recreate how both natural and artificial lighting would have interacted with features of the Parthenon, especially the massive ivory and gold statue of Athena ...

The light entered through the door of the temple on the morning of the day of the Panathenaeans, and was reflected in the statue and in the pools of water. Credit: Juan de Lara The Parthenon temple ..

Statue of Greek goddess Athena in Nashville’s Parthenon. Credit: wikimedia commons / Michael Rivera CC BY 4.0 De Lara believes that the Parthenon was not only an architectural feat, but also an ...

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The Parthenon ... dedicated to Athena, the patron of Athens. In its heyday, the temple was decorated with colorful painted sculpture. And inside was a 40-foot-tall gold-and-ivory statue (this ...

created at around the same time as the Zeus statue, was the towering sculpture dedicated to Athena in the Parthenon of Athens. Greek artisans typically worked ivory on a small scale. Ivory is a ...