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The Persian Parthenon

School 1 St Salvators Quadrangle, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom

PROFESSOR TOM HARRISON, British Museum, looks again at the old thesis that the iconography of the Parthenon took inspiration from the art of Persepolis. He does so by taking a wider view of the role of Persia as a model for Athenian imperialism. By examining the evidence for other Persian architectural and artistic influence on Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"