The Parthenon Frieze
Description: Originally located on the Temple of the
Parthenon in Athens, the sculpted frieze depicting the Panathenaic
festival was some 524 feet long. Rich in both figural components,
composition and meaning, it is one of the first major monuments
studied by students enrolled in Masterpieces of Western Art.
For this reason, we sought to design a program that makes the
frieze accessible to students encountering a complex work of
art for the first time. Using a scrollable register representing
the major sections—west, north, south and east—students
navigate the composition in a manner that simulates the experience
of actually visiting the monument with the opportunity to focus
on selected details of significant aesthetic or iconographic
significance.
Grants and Funding: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Contributing Faculty or Academic Program: Masterpieces of
Western Art
Staff: Juliet Chou, Robert Carlucci
Media: HTML and Flash
URL: http://www.learn.columbia.edu/parthenon/flash/main.htm
Access: Columbia University, password protected |
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| North frieze of
the Parthenon, detail of a water jar carrier.
c. 447–438 BCE, London, British Museum. |
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