Pentelic Marble Architecture

Pentelic marble was used for most of the major monuments of classical athens especially from the 5th century bc onwards and was the first white marble to be used in significant quantities at rome in the 2nd century bc.

Pentelic marble architecture.

In classical times the peak had 25 quarries on the south slope at elevations between 2 500 and 3 300 feet 760 and 1000 m. Pentelic marble in architecture at rome and the republican marble trade37 crepidoma fits the hellenistic design of the architect employed by iunius brutus hermo doros the same architect responsible for metellus jupiter stator 9 pliny reports nh 36 26 that the temple contained cult statues of mars and another of a nude venus in the same. Attikí in greece the chief summit about 10 miles 16 km northeast of athens athína is kokkinarás 3 632 feet 1 107 m which yields white pentelic marble on. Measuring 115 by 20 meters 377 by 66 feet it was built from pentelic marble and limestone.

The acropolis of athens up to statues and monuments of classical hellenistic and roman times. Mount pentelicus also spelled pentelikon modern greek pendéli óros historically brilessos or brilettos mountain range enclosing the attic plain on its northeast but within the nomós department of attica modern greek. This review is to determine the provenance of the pentelic marble. They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.

The building is a skillful work combining various architectural orders. Pentelic marble from the nearby mt. The pentelic marble quarried during the golden age of pericles athens 5th century bc provided thousands of cubic meters of material with which most architectural and sculptural masterpieces of the classical period were built. The acropolis itself measures some 300 by 150 metres and is 70 metres high at its maximum.

The doric order which undoubtedly dominated greek architecture was used on the ground floor for the exterior colonnade and was combined with ionic styling for the inner part of. The geochemical isotopic data analysis of the carnegie pentelic marble samples suggests there were several quarries. In the roman period it is used for architectural elements statuary and sarcophagi. The classic white grey pentelic marble is the primary architectural stone used in the hall s columns balcony wainscoting pilasters cladding and pedestals.

The parthenon marbles greek. Pentelicus was used for the building and never before had so much marble 22 000. γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants. 1 107 m which yields white pentelic marble on its north slope.