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"Western Civilization"

 

 

sculptor: C. Paul Jennewein (1933)

 

 

Left to right

Eos, Nous, Adonis, Hippomenes, Eros, lion, Aphrodite, Zeus, Demeter, Triptolemus, Ariadne, Theseus, Minotaur, Python

 

 

The western pediment features fourteen Greek deities and mythological figures. Jennewein's polychrome sculptures of painted terra-cotta figures are the only sculptural group to adorn any of the museum's eight pediments.

 

 

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

also known as: the "Great Greek Garage" & "Parthenon on the Parkway"

 

architects: firms of Horace Trumbauer & Zantzinger, Borie & Medary

 

building's plan & massing: Howell Lewis Shay (Trumbauer)

 

detail & perspective drawing: Julian Abele (Trumbauer)

 

cornerstone ceremony: Mayor Thomas B. Smith (1919)

 

 

The Philadelphia Museum of Art - Main Building

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway (West end)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

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