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The Parthenon
Sculpture
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What they influenced
100
This is the goddess the Parthenon was built to honor.
Who is Athena?
100
One of the main objects that sculptures were made of in Ancient Greece.(name one of three)
What is marble, limestone, or stone?
100
What material was the new Parthenon going to be made of?
What is marble?
100
This famous Italian artist used Greek sculpting techniques.
Who was Michelangelo?
200
This is the Greek city-state where the Parthenon is located.
What is Athens?
200
This man, famous for being "great", spread Greek sculpting techniques.
Who was Alexander the Great?
200
A lot of the funds for the new Parthenon were donated by this league.
What is the Delian League?
200
Alexander the Great spread Greek sculpting techniques all the way to this country.
What is Japan?
300
The Parthenon is one of the temples built on this hill.
What is the Acropolis?
300
This material was used for Greek sculpture, but did not survive because it was too flimsy.
What is clay?
300
This was one of the architects hired to help with the new Parthenon.(name one of two)
Who were Callicrates and Ictinus?
300
These buildings, which the Ancient Greek had many of, closely resemble the White House.
What are temples?
400
The statue displayed inside the Parthenon is supported by these, an element of Greek architecture still present today.
What are columns?
400
These are some of the seven periods that Greek sculpture was divided into.(name at least two)
What are Mycenaean Art, Dark Age, Proto-Geometric, Geometric Art, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic
400
This was the sculptor hired to help with the new Parthenon.
Who was Pheidias?
400
These two elements of Greek architecture are featured in the White House and some memorials.
What are columns and friezes?
500
This is the number of talents-greek money-it took to create the Parthenon
What is 449?
500
In the Parthenon, a sculpture of this Greek god arguing with Athena was displayed.
Who is Poseidon?
500
A generation after this event, the Greeks decided to rebuild the Parthenon.
What were the Persian Wars?
500
These were the three orders of Greek columns, an element of Greek architecture seen in many places today.
What were the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders?