Parthenon Sculptures

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:sculpture
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Elgin_Marbles
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkb:Greek_government
gptkb:Acropolis_of_Athens
gptkb:Lord_Elgin
gptkbp:controversy ownership dispute between UK and Greece
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Greece
gptkbp:created 5th century BC
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Phidias
gptkbp:debatedBy repatriation to Greece
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:battle_between_Lapiths_and_Centaurs
gptkb:Panathenaic_procession
gptkbp:destroyedBy explosion in 1687
removal process
gptkbp:displayedAt 1817 (British Museum)
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:Acropolis_Museum_(Athens)
gptkb:Duveen_Gallery_(British_Museum)
gptkb:Glyptothek_(Munich)
gptkb:Munich_(some_fragments)
gptkb:Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_(Palermo)
gptkb:Vienna_(some_fragments)
Louvre Museum (some fragments)
Museo del Prado (Madrid, some fragments)
National Museum, Copenhagen (some fragments)
Palermo (some fragments)
Vatican Museums (some fragments)
Würzburg (some fragments)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Parthenon Sculptures
gptkbp:includes pediment sculptures
metopes
frieze
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Western_art
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Greek_religion
gptkbp:legalStatus disputed
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Acropolis_Museum
gptkbp:material marble
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Parthenon
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Parthenon
gptkbp:pieceCount over 50
gptkbp:removes gptkb:Thomas_Bruce,_7th_Earl_of_Elgin
early 19th century
gptkbp:significance masterpiece of ancient Greek art
gptkbp:style gptkb:Classical_Greek
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Greek_mythology
gptkb:Athena
gptkb:Poseidon
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus World Heritage Site (as part of Acropolis)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Museum_collections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7