"The Parthenon and its sculpture are one of the pinnacles of ancient Greek art. It was the crown of a large building program," Giovanni Verri, lead author of the latest study from the Art ...

The hue, which they named “Parthenon purple,” is particularly ... more proof that colorful decoration was common in ancient Greek art,” said Michael Cosmopoulos, a professor of archaeology ...

The typical Greek temple is circled by decorative ... Europe find themselves enjoying a bounty of ancient art from distant lands. The Parthenon s 500-foot-long frieze portrays a festive ...

So, how did a famous replica of the Greek temple end up in Tennessee ... Exposition],” said Nashville Parthenon Director, Lauren Bufferd. “It was the art building for the fair and Nashville ...

The following essay has been adapted from the new book The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics (Hart / Bloomsbury, 2023) by Alexander Herman, director of the Institute of Art and Law.

The Parthenon is probably one of the most iconic examples of Greek architecture ... de Lara used state-of-the-art digital tools to recreate the temple’s structure, which also included a model ...

Ever since the early 19th century, when Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin, sawed off and crowbarred many of the carvings that ringed the top of the Parthenon ... of the Greek nation, which ...

And in December, the Vatican announced it would give three Parthenon fragments to the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church ... the director of the Institute of Art and Law, in London.

For decades, Greek authorities have been arguing for the permanent return of the so-called Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles. These include about half of the surviving ...