
Motion Gallery
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02/19/1200
Parthenon Frieze by Phidias

Henri Bergson (late 19th C) uses Phidias' depiction of horses to illustrate the ancient conception of time composed of salient moments in comparison with the modern empty, homogeneous rationalized time illustrated in Marey's chronophotography.
Photo of Phidias' Parthenon Frieze by Steven Zucker. Phidias(?), Parthenon Frieze, c. 438-32 B.C.E., pentelic marble (420 linear feet of the 525 that complete the frieze are in the British Museum)