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Sacrificial victim led by attendants, frieze from the Parthenon

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Description: Sacrificial victim led by attendants, frieze from the Parthenon
TitleSacrificial victim led by attendants, frieze from the Parthenon
Creator namePhidias
Creator name (description)Designed by Phidias
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 447–432 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsH: 106 cm
LocationBritish Museum, London
SubjectsRelief (Sculpture), GreekParthenon (Athens, Greece)Animal sacrifice in art
StatusParthenon Frieze, South Block XLIV
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Six: Clever Devices and Cognitive Artifacts: Votive Giving in the Ancient World
Verity Platt
Description: Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place
Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place
In his Description of Greece, the second-century travel writer Pausanias recounts a revealing anecdote about a votive dedication in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi:
Author
Verity Platt
PublisherBard Graduate Center
Copyright© 2018 Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
Related print edition pages: pp.141-157
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00203.009
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20154&redirecttoanchor=32250
Chapter subject tags:Votive offeringsSculpture, GreekAthena (Greek deity)--CultAnimal sacrifice in artHuman anatomy--Models
1. Around the Altar
Milette Gaifman
Description: The Art of Libation in Classical Athens
The Art of Libation in Classical Athens
The Great Altar of Athena Polias, Athena of the City, is nowhere to be seen on today’s Athenian Acropolis. Where once blood was shed and smoke filled the air...
Author
Milette Gaifman
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2018 by Milette Gaifman
Related print edition pages: pp.17-49
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00126.005
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18091&redirecttoanchor=32250
Chapter subject tags:Libations in artGods, GreekPottery, GreekRelief (Sculpture), GreekParthenon (Athens, Greece)Rites and ceremonies--Greece

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Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleSculptor
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Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsH: 106 cm
LocationBritish Museum, London
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LocationBritish Museum, London
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Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 447–432 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsH: 106 cm
LocationBritish Museum, London
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LocationBritish Museum, London
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Creator name (description)Designed by Phidias
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 447–432 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationBritish Museum, London
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LocationBritish Museum, London
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