Parthenon — the invisible curves (3D)

About this app

The Parthenon has almost no straight lines: curved steps and entablature, swelling columns tilted inwards, thicker corner columns and narrower corner bays. A slider exaggerates the deviations up to 100 times until you see them; measuring lines, axes up to their meeting point about 2.3 km up, theories about the purpose side by side, paint as a reconstruction.

Subject: World heritage & building history

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