Description: Nashville, TENNESSEE - The Parthenon - ARCHITECTURE - 1956: The Parthenon in Centennial Park, in Nashville, Tennessee, is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. It was designed by architect William Crawford Smith and built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Today the Parthenon, which functions as an art museum, stands as the centerpiece of Centennial Park, a large public park just west of downtown Nashville. Alan LeQuire's 1990 re-creation of the Athena Parthenos statue in the naos (the east room of the main hall) is the focus of the Parthenon just as it was in ancient Greece. Since the building is complete and its decorations were polychromed (painted in colors) as close to the presumed original as possible, this replica of the original Parthenon in Athens serves as a monument to what is considered the pinnacle of classical architecture. The plaster replicas of the Parthenon Marbles found in the Treasury Room (the west room of the main hall) are direct casts of the original sculptures which adorned the pediments of the Athenian Parthenon, dating back to 438 BC. The surviving originals are housed in the British Museum in London and at the Acropolis Museum in Athens. c Genuine Curteich-Chicago. “C.T. Art Colortone”. No. 6C-H126. Capitol News Co. Nashville, Tenn.
Price: 8.5 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Continent: North America
Material: Paper
Theme: Architecture, Cities & Towns, Museum, Park
Region: Tennessee
Country: USA
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Linen Era
Year Manufactured: 1956
Subject: The Parthenon
Postage Condition: Unposted
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
City: Nashville
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Era: Linen (c. 1930-1945)
Brand/Publisher: Genuine Curteich-Chicago. “C.T. Art Colortone”
Park: Centennial
Architect: William Crawford Smith
