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Parthenon

art material performance architecture architecture core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Iktinos, architect
  • Kallikrates, architect
  • Pheidias workshop, sculptural program
  • Athenian civic context, patronage context

Canon Rationale

A core Greek architectural and sculptural monument, included as a study object for classical architecture, civic representation, reception, museum display, and restitution debate.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 64.

Evidence

  • institutional list: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 'Acropolis, Athens'.
  • museum record: Acropolis Museum, 'The frieze'.
  • museum record: British Museum, 'The Parthenon Sculptures'.
  • field survey: Smarthistory, 'The Parthenon, Athens,' by Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker, and Dr. Rachel Kousser.

Audit Flags

attribution context required, museum record bias

Sensitivity Flags

contested ownership, repatriation claim

Completion unit: study the building and sculptural program through images, plans, and a brief restitution-aware context note. Do not reduce the record to detached museum fragments or to a generic symbol of “classical civilization.”

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