ArH 322: Classical Painting and Temple of Zeus at Olympia

1. Reconstruction and plan of Knidian Lesche, Delphi. Ilioupersis by Polygnotos of Thasos, c. 470-60.
2. Attic Red Figure cup by Penthesilea Painter, c. 460. Munich.
3. Niobid krater, by Niobid Painter, c. 460. Louvre. Massacre of the children of Niobe.
4. Niobid krater, by Niobid Painter, c. 460. Louvre. Gathering of Herakles, heroes and Athena.
5. Niobid krater, detail.
6. White-Ground cup by Pistoxenos Painter, c. 470-60. Aphrodite on goose.
7. Metope from Temple of Zeus, Olympia, c. 470-457. Herakles and Nemean lion.
8. Metope from Temple of Zeus, Olympia, c. 470-457. Herakles cleans stables of Augeus.
9. Metope from Temple of Zeus, Olympia, c. 470-457. Herakles holds up cosmos
10. Pediments of Temple of Zeus, Olympia, c. 470-457.
11. West pediment, Centauromachy (center).
12. West Pediment, detail of Apollo.
13. West Pediment, detail of Deidameia and centaur.
14. East Pediment, Preparations for chariot race between Pelops and Oinomaos (center).
15. East Pediment, detail of Old Seer.
16. Nike (Victory) by Paionios, dedicated at Olympia c. 425-420.

• Week One: The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Aegean
• Week Two: The Minoan and Mycenaean Palace
• Week Three: The Representation of Nature in Aegean Art
• Religious Iconography in Aegean Art
• The Theme of Warfare
• Week Four: Protogeometric and Geometric
• Week Five: Archaic Vase-Painting
• Weeks Six and Seven: Archaic Sculpture
• Week Eight: Early and High Classical Free-Standing Sculpture

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