the doric and ionic frieze

the doric

and ionic frieze

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4. The Parthenon Doric

5. The Panathenaic Festival

6. The Frieze

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1. The Parthenon's

2. The Doric Frieze

3. The Lapiths

the parthenon and low reliefs

Originally, the Parthenon's white marble columns and inner walls supported bands of brightly painted low relief sculpture.

THE 92 METOPES

The exterior Doric frieze included 92 carved metopes with scenes of victory. On the south side, they depicted the fight between half-human centaurs and a legendary Greek tribe known as the Lapiths.

the victory of the lapiths

The Lapith victory over the centaurs represented the triumph of reason over animal passions.

Lapith Fighting a Centaur, metope relief from the Doric Frieze on the south of the Parthenon, c.447-432 BCE, marble, height 1,42 m, The British Museum London (England)

HOW is THe parthenon's doric peristyle decorated?

Inside the Parthenon's Doric peristyle, an Ionic frieze decorated the upper temple wall.Unlike the staccato alternation of metope and triglyph in the Doric frieze, the Ionic frieze consisted of a continuous band of sculpture.

what is the panathenaic festival?

The Panathenaic festival was a multi-day ancient Greek festival held annually in Athens. The main purpose of the festival was for Athenians and non-Athenians to celebrate the goddess Athena.

a portrated ideal

The marble sculpture of the frieze rapresents all the greek ideals.

HOW IS THE FRIEZE DECORATED?

The frieze rapresents horses plunge ahead; women walk slowly: parade, marshals pause to look back and gods and goddesses await the arrival of the marchers.

Presentazione fatta da Aurora Ablondi, Martina Viti, Sara Spata, e Letizia Ceruti

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