Athena
by Bob Hislop
Title
Athena
Artist
Bob Hislop
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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FEATURED ARTIST AAA Images 08/14/2014
The Nashville, Tennessee Athena Parthenos is made of a composite of gypsum cement and ground fiberglass. The head of Athena was assembled over an aluminum armature, and the lower part was made in steel. The four ten-inch H beams rest on a concrete structure that extends through the Parthenon floor and basement down to bedrock, to support the great weight of the statue. Each of the 180 cast gypsum panels used to create the statue is light enough to be lifted by one person and attached to the steel armature.
Nashville's Athena stands 41 ft 10 in (502 inches (12.8 m)) tall, making her the largest piece of indoor sculpture in the Western World. The statue of Nike, in Athena's right hand s 6 ft tall.
This statue is in the Nashville Parthenon which was built in 1897.
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August 13th, 2014
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