Altar of Zeus

Title

Altar of Zeus

Date

ca. 175 BCE

Identifier

1883

Work Type

architectural elements

Work Location

Turkey (nation)
Bergama (inhabited place)

Style/Period

Hellenistic

Subject

altars
columns (architectural elements)
reliefs (sculptures)
Zeus (Greek deity)

Description

View of the Altar of Zeus with relief panel and Ionic columns. "The altar proper was on an elevated platform and 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. It is the most extensive representation Greek artists ever attempted of that epic conflict for control of the world,"--Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume 1, by Fred Kleiner.

Reproduction Type

jpeg

ID Number

A1GRPER2-5175BE32A2

Files

A1GRPER2-5175BE32A2.jpg
Date Added
August 29, 2013
Collection
LTU Digital Images
Item Type
VRA Core
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Citation
“Altar of Zeus,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/7700.