Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to His Friends
Lawrence Alma-Tadema · 1868
Why it's great
The sculptor Phidias shows Pericles and a circle of Athenian friends the carved marble frieze made for the Parthenon, the great temple on the Acropolis. Lawrence Alma-Tadema, famous for his research, painted this Athens of the 400 BC golden age in 1868, long before the real frieze was properly understood.
🏛️ Part of history
Classical Greece: From Marathon to Socrates (490–399 BC) — The sculptor Phidias shows Pericles and a circle of Athenian friends the carved marble frieze made for the Parthenon, the great temple on the Acropolis.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born in a village in the Netherlands and settled in London, England, in 1870. He became famous for sunny paintings of ancient Rome and Greece, filled with marble, flowers, and sea views. He was knighted and extremely popular during his lifetime. He died in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1912.
