The Acropolis Museum is for the first time presenting the complete synthesis of the Parthenon frieze, online, in collaboration with the Acropolis Restoration Service and the National Center for Documentation & Electronic Content.
The Parthenon frieze, a unique work of art, is presented in digital form through a new application. Photographs of all the frieze blocks preserved today in the Acropolis Museum, the British Museum and the Louvre have been gathered together and annotated in Greek and English. The photographs have been combined with the drawings of J. Carrey (1674) and J. Stuart (1751), in order to give the fullest possible picture of the frieze.
The frieze displays the procession of the greatest festival that took place in ancient Athens, the Panathenaia: 380 human figures, men and women, pedestrians, horse riders and charioteers, 200 animals and objects and offerings to the goddess Athena, protectress of Athens, all frozen in time attending her birthday eternally.
This new application is an upgraded version of the online application www.parthenonfrieze.gr integrating new functionalities while making it accessible to all modern media and platforms and adhering the best practices and guidelines in web design and UI/UX (user interface/user experience).
Thanks to this initiative, both general public and scholars have the opportunity to gain a thorough view of this unique sculptural work of art, through mobile devices: mobiles phones, tablets, laptops.
On the website there are thematic sections focusing on the history, the design and construction of the frieze, while users can also opt to explore the frieze either block by block, or through thematic tours of its scenes.
