πεντέλη πεντελικόν or πεντελικό όρος is a mountain in attica greece situated northeast of athens and southwest of marathon its highest point is the peak pyrgari with an elevation of 1 109 m.
Pentelic marble parthenon.
Thrace and libya provided the gold needed for the statues.
Athena parthenos meaning virgin.
1 107 m which yields white pentelic marble on its north slope.
It also contains traces of iron which over time has oxidised giving the marble a soft honey colour a quality particularly evident at sunrise and sunset.
These provided excellent marble for most of the buildings and sculptures of athens in the 5th.
Each concentration wt value corresponds to an analyzed area of 30 μm 200 μm which resulted from the analyses of five successive areas of 30 μm 40 μm parallel to the surface of the.
The figurative decoration of the temple is the creative genius of the athenian sculptor phidias.
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They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
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.
Pentelic marble was known for its pure white appearance and fine grain.
Mount pentelicus or pentelikon greek.
Sem eds quantitative analyses of the black crusts and patinas from the parthenon as well as of un weathered pentelic marble are shown in table 3.
Buyers should be aware that the main focus of the book is on the process of quarrying the marble and its transport to and placement in the parthenon.
This is an excellent overview of how marble was quarried and cut for use in the parthenon.
And the nearby penteli offered its clear and precious marble.
Attica also produced great quantities of marble in antiquity with the classical sanctuary of athena on the athenian acropolis famously renovated by pericles in the 5th century bc providing a magnificent showcase for the extraordinary stone of mt penteli.
These three fragments of pentelic marble which came into the vatican in the 19 th century are part of the decorative sculpture of the parthenon the temple built on the acropolis at athens by pericles 447 432 b c.
The parthenon marbles greek.
Attikí in greece the chief summit about 10 miles 16 km northeast of athens athína is kokkinarás 3 632 feet 1 107 m which yields white pentelic marble on.
Mount pentelicus also spelled pentelikon modern greek pendéli óros historically brilessos or brilettos mountain range enclosing the attic plain on its northeast but within the nomós department of attica modern greek.
The book was written by the head of the parthenon restoration project.
In classical times the peak had 25 quarries on the south slope at elevations between 2 500 and 3 300 feet 760 and 1000 m.
The material used in the construction was pentelic marble except the raised floor where limestone was used.
The name parthenon derives from one of athena s many epithets.