| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: British Museum (London, England, United Kingdom) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | ca. 440 BCE (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Phidias | en_US |
| dc.date | -440--435 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-29T20:23:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-29T20:23:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | -440--435 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 189610 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1749 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/98146 | |
| dc.description | Centaur tramples a falling Lapith, detail; "Elgin Marbles" is a popular term for the collection of sculpture from the Parthenon acquired by Lord Elgin in Athens between 1801-1805. The collection includes other works from the Acropolis as well. The Parthenon sculpture includes roughly half of what now survives: 247 feet of the original 524 feet of frieze; 15 of 92 metopes; 17 figures from the pediments, and various other pieces of architecture. The sculpted decoration of the Parthenon included ninety-two metopes (the sunken panel between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze) showing scenes of mythical battle. Those on the south flank of the temple included a series featuring human Lapiths in mortal combat with Centaurs (part-man and part-horse, thus having a civil and a savage side to their nature.) Myron of Eleutherai may have been one of the sculptors of the south metopes. Source: British Museum [website]; http://www.britishmuseum.org (accessed 6/14/2009) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | Pentelic marble | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | cycles or series | en_US |
| dc.subject | military | en_US |
| dc.subject | war | en_US |
| dc.subject | mythology (Classical) | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural elements | en_US |
| dc.subject | Museology | en_US |
| dc.subject | mythical beasts | en_US |
| dc.subject | fantastic animals | en_US |
| dc.subject | Greek (ancient) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Classical | en_US |
| dc.title | Parthenon Sculpture: South Metopes | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Elgin Marbles: South Metopes | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Centauromachy | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 7A3-G-BM-EM-3-A8 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Greek (ancient) | en_US |
| vra.technique | carving (processes) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | relief (sculpture) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | metope | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | workshop of Phidias (Greek (ancient) sculptor, ca. 500 - ca. 432 BCE) | en_US |
