Altar of Zeus
Title
Altar of Zeus
Date
2nd century BCE
Identifier
5532
Creator2
Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)
Work Type
architectural elements
Work Location
Turkey (nation)
Bergama (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Hellenistic
Subject
altars
Zeus (Greek deity)
Description
View of the Altar of Zeus from Pergamon, Turkey. "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. Gordon Bugbee Collection
Measurements
35.64 meters wide, 33.4 meters deep, front stairway ca. 20 meters wide
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
38
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
GPB-GRK2-1277
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