The cult of the ancient Greek goddess Athena allowed certain Athenian women liberties that extended beyond the roles of ...

Ancient Greece has somehow materialized in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, and it’s not a mirage or movie set. The ...

The answer lies in Nashville’s nickname: “The Athens of the South,” earned for its commitment to education and the arts in ...

Widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of modern archaeological science, the DAI pioneered the transition from indiscriminate digging at archaeological sites to the systematic excavation and ...

LeQuire Returns to the Parthenon for ‘Monumental Figures' 35 years after ‘Athena,’ the local sculptor reflects on public art, 3D printing and his new summer show ...

Sculptor Alan LeQuire with the statue he made of Mildred T. Stahlman, MD, for his exhibit at the Parthenon in Nashville’s Centennial Park. When sculptor Alan LeQuire began planning his new ...

He has “precisely recreated how both natural and artificial lighting interacted with the elements of the Parthenon,” including the massive ivory and gold statue of Athena, the statement notes.

His proposal was to create a full-scale replica of the Athena statue that was housed in the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece, recreating it from historical documents and using traditional, ...

The new research shows how light would have spilled into the Parthenon's doorway at specific times of the year, which would have made the statue of Athena shimmer and glow in the surrounding dark.

The Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens housed a colossal statue made of gold and ivory, carved by the famous sculptor Phidias in 438 BC. Its view from the entrance of the temple must have ...

A Roman Statue of Athena Is Unveiled at Wrightwood 659 Ahead of ‘Myth and Marble’ at the Art Institute of Chicago The installation coincides with the first exhibition of the Torlonia ...