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- Metope south XXVII, Centaur and Lapith, British Museum. The metopes of the Parthenon are the surviving set of what were originally 92 square carved plaques...
- The main locations of artwork on the Parthenon were the frieze, metopes, and pediment.
- The South Metopes of the Parthenon, dated to the 5th Century BC, are marble relief sculptures that exemplify Classical Greek sculptural techniques.
- The main theme of the thirty two metopes on the south side of the Parthenon is the Centauromachy, the mythical battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs.
- There were originally 92 Parthenon metopes (relief panels above the columns, between the triglyphs), 14 on the east and west sides and 32 on the others.
- The sculptural decoration of the Parthenon includes the pediments, the metopes, the frieze, the capes and the ivory statue of Athena.
- Here’s more information about the metopes and how important they were to the original design of the Parthenon
- The metopes of the Parthenon all represented various instances of the struggle between the forces of order and justice, on the one hand, and criminal chaos on the...
- ...some of the south metopes to an earlier, unfinished temple, there is no hard evidence to suggest that any of the sculpture predates the earliest Parthenon building...
- The Parthenon is again exceptional in that all the metopes were filled. The 92 metopes were carved in high relief (up to 25 cm in depth and almost in the round)...
- They are slabs fitted between the triglyphs and shielded on top by cornices.At the Parthenon there were 92 metopes, all decorated in high relief, quite...
- A series of professional nurses, equipped with an assortment of medical instruments, come to the aid of the “victims” with the typical urgency seen in these cases.
- The visitor viewing the metopes on the south side of the Parthenon would also glimpse passages on the frieze, framed by columns.
