Eventually, gunpowder the Turks had stored in the Parthenon ignited, blowing out 28 columns, damaging several internal rooms, and killing up to 300 people. In the ensuing century and a half ...

I believe that the refinements were made to give the Parthenon an impression of being a living mass that responded to its own weight. For example, each column has a slight swelling at its center ...

Parthenon sculpture ... Around all four sides of the building, above the columns and easily seen by everybody approaching, was a series of 92 square relief carvings, known as metopes.

The Parthenon sculptures set out to present an ... Around all four sides of the building, above the columns and easily seen by everybody approaching, was a series of 92 square relief carvings ...