Pergamon Altar

1.) Varvakeion Athena Statue, National Museum This is a secondary source which can be found at the National Museum of Athens. It is the most authentic replica of the real Athena Parthenos made in the 2nd century, approximately 700 years after the original one was made. Reminiscent to the Athena Parthenos, the Varvakevion Athena Statue depicts Athena in all her glory. The goddess wore a warrior’s helmet, sleeveless robe and biblike aegis. On the palm of her right hand, stood a human-sized Nike,…

It was influenced by the Ancient Greeks Pergamon Altar, 400 metres long and 24 metres high and could accommodate 340 000 people. Speer also designed the Nuremberg parade grounds which was used in Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda film "The Triumph of the Will". For additional dramatic effect Speer surrounded…

nickname of “donkey ears”. The pantheon is now a Christian church and is called St. Mary of the martyrs and was one of the first temples to be converted to a Christian temple and is dedicated to the virgin Mary and all the other martyrs in which the main altar of the church is opposite the entrance, and the original 7th-century icon of the Madonna and Child can be seen above…