I. THE PARTHENON (447-432 B.C.)

  1. Parthenon
    1. General Views - Quick View
      1. Athens Panorama: View SW from Lykabettos with dense recent development
      2. View NE from atop Philopappus Hill
      3. Athens Panorama: View NE from slope of Philopappus Hill
      4. View: Athens Panorama: View NE from Philapappus Hill
      5. Total seen from Philopappus Hill
      6. Total seen from NW section of the Acropolis, afternoon light
      7. Total seen along processional way from Propylaea (late afternoon light)
    2. Partial Views
      1. Detail of NW corner seen from NW: entablature, capitals, tops of columns
      2. NW corner seen from W: entablatures and full height of columns
      3. Detail of W front: pediment with sculpture, entablature, upper portion of column
      4. West front, seen from W (late afternoon light)
      5. Detail of NW corner and raking view of N colonnade (late afternoon light)
      6. Detail of SW corner seen from W (late afternoon light)
      7. East front seen in its setting from E (morning light)
      8. Main portion of E front and view to interior from E (morning light)
      9. Detail of E front seen from E, with view to interior construction beyond
      10. Close detail of E front from E: metope sculpture and column capital
    3. Inner Frieze
    4. Outer Frieze - Drawn Sequence
    5. Pediments
  2. Other Buildings on the Acropolis
    1. General Views of the Acroplis
      1. View of West end of Acropolis
      2. View of West end of Acropolis from Areopagus rock (at sunset)
    2. Propylaea
    3. Temple of Athena Nike
      1. Total from the East (morning light)
      2. Total view from NE through the Propylaea (morning light)
      3. Total, with portion of Propylaea (seen from Areopagus rock)
    4. Erectheum - Quick View
  3. Comparisons
    1. Buildings
    2. Sculptures
      1. Polyclitus, 5th cent. B.C. -- Diadoumenos, Roman copy, 1st c. BC.
      2. Polyclitus, 5th cent. B.C. -- Doryphoros, ca. 450-440 BC.
      3. Polyclitus, 5th cent. B.C. -- Young Athlete, from Eleusis.
      4. Critius, fl. 480-460 B.C. -- Kritios Boy, ca. 480 BC.
      5. Praxiteles, 4th cent. B.C. -- Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, ca. 350-330 BC.