The Parthenon is a temple inside the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena. It is considered the most important surviving building of Classical Greece. I've recently finished reading about it in an art book and was fascinated by these facts: 1) Pericles built the temple with the funds provided by Athen's allies to build a new fleet to fight the Persians. The...
A little bit of history Date: Location: Galleria Uffizi, Florence, Italy The statues portray a scene from Greek mythology. Niobe was a queen who had fourteen children and unable to keep her mouth shut about it, she went around bragging about her large offspring. Her mistake was to do this in front of the goddess Leto who had only two children. Leto was...
