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
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
A1GRPER2-5175BE32A2
- Date Added
- August 29, 2013
- Collection
- LTU Digital Images
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- altars, columns, sculpture, Zeus
- Citation
- “Altar of Zeus,” LTU Digital Images, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/7700.