The Parthenon also serves as Nashville's art museum. The focus of the Parthenon's permanent collection is a group of 63 paintings by 19th and 20th century American artists donated by James M.

Faint traces of the painting survive today. In 1687, when Venetian forces that were part of a Holy League against the Ottoman Empire raided Athens, the Ottomans converted the Parthenon into an ...

The Parthenon marbles have become the most visible ... 1817: The First Elgin RoomThis 1819 painting by Archibald Archer depicts the exhibition of the marbles in their first, temporary space ...

Researchers have now found the first traces of paint on the marble sculptures held at the British Museum that came from the Parthenon, the temple to Athena that was built on the Athenian Acropolis ...

We can only imagine how glorious the Parthenon must have appeared in the ... But classical scholar Jeffrey Hurwit, a professor of art history at the University of Oregon and expert on the ...

But in the 21st century, the Elgin Marbles, as they've long been known, are famous less as art objects than as objects of political controversy. For most people today, the Parthenon sculptures in ...

A diplomatic row has broken out between the British and Greek governments over the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles. The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to ...

Although Nashville's Parthenon was only meant to be temporary ... found in the original structure as well as an impressive art collection. Travelers praise the well-kept grounds, peaceful ...