ancient sculpture

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• - Essay by Kenneth D.S. Lapatin on the visual evidence of the sculpture of Athena Parthenos by Pheidias and the impact it had on classical Athens.
  
• - Gallery of images if ancient Greek sculpture in public collections organised in historical categories from the Archaic Period (800-460BC) to the Hellenistic Period (350BC-1AD).
  
• - Sculptor Barry Grove describes his reconstruction of one of the most famous Pictish stones of Scotland.
  
• - Illustrated essays by Professor Sir John Boardman on the major styles and periods of Greek and Roman sculpture using examples from the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.
  
• - A documentary by Laurence Castle Productions on the Ajanta Caves in Western Central India, noted for their remarkable Buddhist sculptures and wall paintings. Preview images and videos.
  
• - Ian Swindale and his students in Crete present the history of the magnificent frieze and sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens and the campaign to return to Greece those now in the British Museum.