The Parthenon’s Pediments are the two sets of fifty statues in marble initially located on the east and west facades of the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens.
The East Pediment, which was above the temple entrance, told the story of the birth of Athena. The sculptural arrangement depicts the moment of Athena’s birth.
The pediment was not an ideal space for sculptures and demanded imagination and skill to create sculptures that worked in the narrowing areas at either end of the sloping Pediment.
Considered the perfect example of Classical Greek sculpture and the embodiment of ideal beauty, many of the statues were removed (stolen) from the building in 1801 by Lord Elgin’s agents and transported to the British Museum in London.
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