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A documentary by Laurence Castle Productions on the Ajanta Caves in Western Central India, noted for their remarkable Buddhist sculptures and wall paintings. Preview images and videos.

http://www.ajanta.info

Greek Sculpture

Gallery of images of ancient Greek sculpture in public collections organised in historical categories from the Archaic Period (800-460BC) to the Hellenistic Period (350BC-1AD).

http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/greeksculpt.htm

Hilton of Cadboll Pictish Stone

Sculptor Barry Grove describes his reconstruction of one of the most famous Pictish stones of Scotland.

http://www.pictishstone.freeuk.com

Parthenon Marbles

Ian Swindale and his students in Crete present the history of the magnificent frieze and sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens and the campaign to return to Greece those now in the British Museum.

http://www.greece.org/parthenon/marbles/

The Ancient Reception of Pheidias' Athena Parthenos

Essay by Kenneth D.S. Lapatin on the visual evidence of the sculpture of Athena Parthenos by Pheidias and the impact it had on classical Athens.

http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/CC96/lapatin.htm


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