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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/860/860-16.jpg
Title	Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos), Acropolis, Athens, Greece, south side, metope, Lapith versus centaur.
Creator	Phidias (Greek sculptor, ca.500 - ca.432 B.C.)
Date	447-438 BCE?
Cultural Context	Aegean Ancient Greek Greek Athenian European Western European
Style/Period	Greek (ancient) Classical High Classical Phidian
Theme	Architecture (object genre) Temples Religious buildings Buildings Ceremonial structures Architectural elements Entablatures Friezes (ornamental areas) Friezes (entablature components) Metopes Sculpture (visual work) Reliefs (sculptures) High reliefs (sculpture) Fragments Scenes (depictions) Myths (literary documents) Mythology (literary genre) Legends (folk tales) Folk tales Folklore Battles Deaths Motion Figurative art Figures (representations) Three-quarter views Oblique views Profiles (figures) Front views Men (male humans) Lapiths Centaurs Nudity Nudes (representations) Hide Tails (animal components)
Subject	Architecture Temples Greek temples Religious facilities Buildings Architectural elements Entablatures Friezes (Entablature components) Friezes (Ornamental bands) Sculpture Architectural sculpture Architectural decorations & ornaments Myths Campaigns & battles Death Locomotion Supernatural beings Fictitious characters Men Centaurs Dead persons Nudes Hides & skins
People Pictured	Centaurs Lapiths
Location Depicted	Acropolis (Athens, Greece) Athens (Greece) Greece
Material	Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock) Pentelic marble
Measurements	Approx. 4' 8" high
Technique	Relief (sculpture techniques) High relief (technique) Sculpting Carving (processes)
Work Type	Architecture Temples Religious facilities Buildings Sculpture Architectural sculpture Reliefs (sculptures) High reliefs (sculpture) Metopes Friezes (Entablature components) Friezes (ornamental areas) Entablatures
Repository	British Museum (London, England, United Kingdom)
Source	Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.5-45, p.137)
Rights	Photo credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Hilda Westervelt.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 860-16.jpg
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