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Overview

The Parthenon, the most famous of Doric temples, was selected as the Greek example. It was dedicated to the goddess Athena Parthenos and was begun in 447 B.C., by the architects Ictinus and Callicrates and completed in 432 B.C. The building was badly damaged in an explosion in the 17th century and exists in a partly restored state today. This model restores the building to its 5th century BC state.

In renovating the Parthenon to its original state, major sources were from drawings in Les monuments de l'Acropole; relevent et conservation (Balanos, 1938). The primary tool used was MultiGen. The plan data was initially drafted into the database from which the elevations were extruded. Our visual and aesthtic understanding of the building during its early years were from Benoit Loviot's reconstruction of the Parthenon (1879-1880) in Tournikiotis (1994). This was used as a visual foundation for the texturing and painting. The images of the metopes were developed from J. Carrey's work in The Carry Drawings of the Parthenon, 1674.

The ceiling roofed by a beam structure was assumed to be solid. Both the roof and ceiling were modeled as timber structures. The inner naos also was judged from the drawing to be one step down. The floor was marble whose reflections are shown on the model. Lights enter from the eastern door.

The status of Athena also was from (Loviot 1994). In addition to the written references, images were based on the similar sculpture created by "e-spaces" provided by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Other additional information has come from Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture, 19th ed.

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