Egyptian blue on the Parthenon sculptures

by The British Museum

Video from The British Museum.

Smarthistory images for teaching and learning:

View of double colonnade, east facade

Phidias, Parthenon, East Pediment Tangle

Phidias, Parthenon, East Pediment with Viewer

Parthenon, Phidias, East Pediment Sculpture (Dionysus?)

Phidias, Parthenon, East Pediment Sculpture (Persephone & Demeter?)

Phidias, Parthenon, Detail of the East Pediment Sculpture (Hestia, Dione, Aphrodite?)

Phidias, Parthenon, Close Detail of the East Pediment Sculpture (Dione and Aphrodite?)

Phidias, Parthenon, East Pediment Sculpture (Hestia, Dione, Aphrodite?)

Phidias, Parthenon, Detail of the East Pediment Sculpture with Visitors

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Cite this page as: The British Museum, "Egyptian blue on the Parthenon sculptures," in Smarthistory, January 25, 2016, accessed October 16, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/egyptian-blue-on-the-parthenon-sculptures/.