Altar of Zeus
Title
Altar of Zeus
Date
ca. 175 BCE
Identifier
1882
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Turkey (nation)
Bergama (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Hellenistic
Subject
altars
Zeus (Greek deity)
Ionic order
Description
View of the reconstructed west front of the Great Altar of Zeus in Pergamon, Turkey. "The altar proper was on an elevated platform, framed by an Ionic stoa-like colonnade with projecting wings on either side of a broad central staircase. All along the altar platform was a sculpted frieze almost 400 feet long, populated by about one hundred larger-than-life figures. The subject is the battle of Zeus and the gods against the giants,"--Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume 1, by Fred Kleiner.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
A1GRPER2-5175BE32A1
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