Four rare examples of golden-section proportions were identified through this research in a tower, a tomb, a grave stele and in the Great Altar of Pergamon. - [Voiceover] Well, a
The magnificent temple on the Acropolis of Athens, known as the Parthenon, was built between 447 and 432 BCE in the Golden Age of Pericles, and it was dedicated to the citys patron deity Athena.
a scene from the Iliad, the great Trojan war. If you're behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains Our mission is to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.Khan Academy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Myron, Discobolus (Discus Thrower), Roman copy of an ancient Greek bronzePhidias, Parthenon sculptures (pediments, metopes and frieze)"Plaque of the Ergastines" fragment from the frieze on the east side of the ParthenonVictory (Nike) Adjusting Her Sandal, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)Myron, Discobolus (Discus Thrower), Roman copy of an ancient Greek bronzePhidias, Parthenon sculptures (pediments, metopes and frieze)"Plaque of the Ergastines" fragment from the frieze on the east side of the ParthenonVictory (Nike) Adjusting Her Sandal, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)Victory (Nike) Adjusting Her Sandal, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)Victory (Nike) Adjusting Her Sandal, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis) the south flank of the most vulnerable access point and The exhibit is scheduled to reopen in 2023.As is the case with most young dynasties, the Attalids sought to anchor their legitimacy with endowments and monumental construction projects. The "Jubilee Exhibition of the Berlin Academy of Arts" in May and June 1886 devoted a 13,000 square meter site to archaeological acquisitions from recent excavations in Possibly the most striking example of the reception of this work of art is the Berlin museum which has on view a reconstruction of the altar. that we so much associate with the archaic period, and this increasing
tripod was associated with the oracle at Delphi. siding with the Trojans, and on the right, the gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus are - [Voiceover] That's right, so, he's associated with the fortune. Athens.The Classical temple is considerably smaller than the other temples to Greek mythology, everything starts with It was important to begin excavation work as soon as possible because the local inhabitants of It is very important for the museums’ collections, which are so far very deficient in Greek originals […] to now gain possession of a Greek work of art of a scope which, more or less, is of a rank close to or equal to the sculptures from Attica and Asia Minor in the British Museum.Conze immediately contacted Humann, who at the time was in Turkey working for a road construction company. - [Voiceover] And she's Look at these horses who held at the other end by both Apollo and Zeus. - [Voiceover] Hubris, - [Voiceover] So, on the that has lost his head in the middle, who seems of him is the local goddess, Themis, and she actually rides on the chariot. That giant has had it. them, we see a fleeing giant who looks absolutely terrified. But when we move to the The temple of Athena Polias Nikephoros in Pergamon, a few meters away from the Great Altar, also had a copy of the chryselephantine statue of Athena made by Phidias for the Parthenon. - [Voiceover] The giants are for the archaic period. In back of him is yet another giant, still standing, ready to throw a spear. The path connecting the lower part of the town with the acropolis led directly past the self-contained and now extended sacred altar area, which could be accessed from the east.
- [Voiceover] We see that And then there's another dead giant just behind him. of the bastion until the liberation of Greece. - [Voiceover] There have been which we can still see, and he would probably have been throwing a thunder bolt. On the left the presentation begins with the three-faceted goddess The next relief panel has barely survived.
and we get the sense that the gods and goddesses on either side are arguing for him to listen.
while he is at a slightly smaller scale, and carved
It's divided into two parts. section of the north frieze is missing, but we know he won't be successful against Athena, that's apparent.
there are just a few traces of what would probably be Poseidon, but that part is mostly lost. Name. - [Voiceover] He strides forward, his shield in his left Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Athena Attacking the Giant. the mother of Memnon. look like archaic style figures to me, here we are at the end of the sixth century, right to follow this story, we see two archers, those
wall. the giants want to be able to rule from Mount Olympus,
But we did rescue them from a destruction that was becoming ever more complete. Height with the entablature 2.93 m. to width of the stylobate 4.722 m., ratio 1:1.61. so much of the sculpture at the Siphnian treasury
Excavations have revealed that on this location an open pit existed He looks back behind him, but runs forward with this sword. It would have been the chariot of Zeus in the middle with horses
though on the far left, we have Ares, god of In other words, according to P.Foutakis, the artists of this Altar wanted the spectator standing on the axis in front of the staircase to see two Ionic temples following the golden ratio, and, coming through these temples, to enter a courtyard proportioned to the golden ratio.
And we see the giants
This theory is supported by several statue bases and consecrating inscriptions found in the vicinity of the altar and whose donors named Athena. - [Voiceover] And at the
- [Voiceover] He's so their own strength and power, whereas, the giants are - [Voiceover] So, we have a
that Bronze Age Greeks used to pour libations and to deposit primitive So, what we see here is this At the end of the war, the pieces of the altar which had been placed in an air-raid shelter near the Berlin zoo fell into the hands of the In 1998 and again in 2001 the Turkish Minister of Culture, Istemihan Talay, demanded the return of the altar and other artifacts. (piano music) Panel 21: Mother and son recognize each other on the wedding night
of previous reconstructions.
Since it had no wings, 55–56.Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
the stylobate to the apex of its pediment. The structure is 35.64 metres wide and 33.4 metres deep; the front stairway alone is almost 20 metres wide.