Cult image
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In the practice of religion, a cult image is a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the person, deity, spirit, or daemon that it embodies or represents. In several traditions, includi
6th-century stone murti of the Hindu god Shiva
One of the earliest known idols worshiped by humans. From Jericho, in modern-day Palestinian Territories. Pre-pottery Neolithic. Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman, Jordan
Recreation of the Athena Parthenos statue at the original size in the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee
Brazilian crucifix
Parthenon
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The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, a
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…take human shape. The most famous Greek cult images were of this type, including the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and Phidias's Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon in Athens, both colossal statues now completely lost. Fragments of two chryselephantine statues from Delphi have been excavated. The acrolith was another…
The Parthenon in 1978
View of Athens from the Parthenon
The Doric order of the Parthenon
Reconstruction of the Parthenon, on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece