Parthenon Frieze Horsemen Canvas Print

Parthenon North Frieze Horsemen, Athens, Greece, 440 BC.

Detail of four horsemen galloping along the north frieze of the Athenian Parthenon. The whole frieze was originally painted and gilded over, but the paint was washed away by time and the gilding was sacked.

The Parthenon was the temple of Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece. Athena was the protector Goddess of Athens, so the Parthenon was the greatest temple of the most important state-city of ancient Greece (Sparta was as strong and prominent,or more, as Athens, but from the perspective of architecture, the Athenians were infinitely superior).

Construction of the Parthenon began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued until 432 BC. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of Greek art.

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