Detail from the western frieze of the Parthenon. British Museum, London Photograph by Josse/Scala, Florence In 1687, during a war fought between Venice and the Ottomans, the great monument was ...

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Q: The sculptures within the Parthenon also seem to clearly pay tribute to the human form. Hurwit: Yes, and to the Athenians in particular. I think this is best expressed in the frieze that ...

These include about half of the surviving fragments of a 160-meter-long (520-foot) frieze from the Parthenon Temple, which dates back around 2,500 years. They currently sit in the collection of ...

Cheltenham Paddock with Cleve Hill 1947 – estimated at £60,000-80,000. The Gypsy Girl, a c.1920, consigned by a descendant of the man to wh ...

Carlsruhe and Copenhagen have pieces of Parthenon metope slabs from the Doric frieze of the temple. Dr. Jan Six, the son of the Amsterdam medalist, and a descendant of Rembrandt's familiar ...

The Alexander The Great frieze The Harris Museum and Art Gallery has announced that the conservation for the Alexander Frieze ...

Among of the new trustees appointed to the British Museum is an academic expert opposed to the return of antiquities taken ...