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| Keywords: 1868 Lawrence Alma-Tadema - Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends.jpg Artwork en Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends oil canvas cm 72 110 5 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery en Painting shows at left the North frieze slab XLVII and the West frieze Slabs I and up visible at right <ref>See Parthenon Frieze Slabs at http //www davidgill co uk/attica/parthenon/frieze htm Last accessed 07-Apr-2007 </ref><br> Among the spectators critics have identified Pericles the bearded man facing Phidias Next to him is his mistress Aspasia In the foreground stands a boy Alcibiades with his lover Socrates <ref> Sundry prominent Athenians including Perikles with Aspasia and Socrates with young Alcibiades perambulate the scaffolding Nigel Spivey Understanding Greek Sculpture p 152</ref><ref> he introduces us to Phidias showing the frieze of the Parthenon to Pericles Alcibiades and Aspasia; in SCRIBNERS MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1895 LAURENS ALMA-TADEMA R A By Cosmo Monkhouse; p 670 http //cdl library cornell edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer ammem/coll moa root /moa/scri/scri0018/ tif 00678 TIF view 50 frames 1 Photo of page in the Cornell Library</ref><ref> Little is actually known of the life of Phidias but Alma Tadema's picture easily convinces us that thus the great sculptor displayed to his friends and patrons his completed handiwork Phidias himself standing within the rope barrier seems to await the favorable verdict of his illustrious protector Pericles who confronts him and has at his side the beautiful Aspasia The young man at the extreme left seems meant for Alcibiades who has also accepted an invitation to this private view of the frieze of the Parthenon seen not as we now behold it in the British Museum but with its match-less figures glowing with the tints just laid upon it by Phidias and his fellow-workers in Among the Great Masters of Painting Scenes in the Lives of Famous Painters; Walter Rowlands p 2</ref> 1868 Creator Lawrence Alma-Tadema source PD-old-100 Other versions <gallery> Image Alcibiades and friend - detail from Phidias and the Parthenon marbles by Alma Tadema jpg Detail Socrates and Alcibiades </gallery> References <References /> Ancient Greek historical paintings by L Alma-Tadema Phidias Showing 1868 paintings Frieze of the Parthenon Phidias Pericles Aspasia Alcibiades Paintings in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery People in rooms in art 19th-century oil on canvas paintings in the United Kingdom Elgin Marbles | ||||
