Parthenon Part 2: The Parthenon Frieze, and the Parthenon In Colour.

I have written about Parthenon Part 1, and now it's Parthenon Part 2! Here I'm going to write about the friezes, made out of marbles in the temple, which lined up on the walls, and also the marble sculptures in the Parthenon. Friezes are carved stone walls, like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon_Frieze

The friezes stories were taken from myths, mythical battles, and stories of heroes. The one in the left is a picture of a battle leader on horse waving his hand to say stop to his assistant. They walled up the walls in the Parthenon. 

http://www.athensguide.org/the-elgin-marbles-of-pathenon.html

                        

There are sculptures in the Parthenon too. These are the marble statues in the British Museum, taken from the Parthenon.  

 Now we're going to discuss about the Parthenon In Colour. Usually you see the sculptures and friezes, and temples from Ancient Greece greyish-white. But actually they had colours. They might look strange and much better without colour, because we're used to it. Here's how they look like with colour:

http://linneawest.com/tag/painted-replica

This is how the Parthenon looks like with colour.

And this is how a statue of an archer in colour looks like. Looks strange right? This picture was taken from:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/true-colors-17888/

This is how Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love looks like in colours:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/bringing-the-color-back-to-ancient-greece-80032254/

The scientists found out that the statues' colours by using an imaging technology called photo-induced luminescence to find the specks of pigment. Also by using infra-red light on it, it showed Egyptian blue colour, which is often found on the statues, such as on the belt of Poseidon's messenger Iris, and on the cloak of goddess Dione. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2676413/Athenss-Acropolis-Museum-celebrates-fifth-anniversary-digital-programme-colour-Parthenon-Marbles.html

                              This is one of the frieze in colour.

As time passes, the colours from the statues, buildings, and friezes faded away. These are some reasons why the Parthenon's colours faded away: because of war, changed into a church and mosque, and destroyed. That is also why you see the Parthenon in ruins now.

To be continued.