- The roof of the structure showcases overlapping marble tiles. The architecture of the Parthenon follows a 4:9 ratio, mathematically known as the Golden Ratio.
- [1:48] Below that there are spaces called metopes in between triglyphs, and lastly in the frieze, that is, a band of continuous sculpture. The Parthenon is an...
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- 1 What do the metopes of the Parthenon depict?
- 2 What two events are depicted on the pediments of the Parthenon?
- Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, Parthenon Metopes, south flank, marble, c. 440 BCE, Classical Period (British Museum, London).
- What do the metopes of the Parthenon depict? At the east (or front) of the temple the metopes depicted the Gigantomachy, or the battle between the gods and...
- Fifteen of the metopes from the south wall were removed and are now part of the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum, and others have been destroyed.
- The sculptural decoration of the Parthenon includes the pediments, the metopes, the frieze, the capes and the ivory statue of Athena.
- These frescoes served as an inspiration to artists for the metopes of the Parthenon, but also for the shield of the chryselephantine statue.[58].
- Reconstruction phases of a metope from the Parthenon, from the actual remains to the restored polychrome painting.