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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 of Pentelic marble originally located above the columns of the Parthenon peristyle on the Acropolis of Athens. If they were made by several artists, the master builder was certainly Phidias ...
Metope from the Parthenon marbles depicting part of the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths; 442–438 BC; marble; height: 1.06 m; British Museum (London) A metope ( / ˈ m ɛ t ə p i / ; Ancient Greek : μετόπη ) is a rectangular architectural element of the Doric order , filling the space between triglyphs in a frieze [ 1 ] [ 2 ...
The Parthenon is in the Doric order, and in antiquity and subsequently has been recognized as the most perfect example of the evolved order. It was most popular in the Archaic Period (750–480 BC) in mainland Greece, and also found in Magna Graecia (southern Italy), as in the three temples at Paestum .
The Parthenon had 46 outer columns and 23 inner columns in total, each column having 20 flutes. (A flute is the concave shaft carved into the column form.) The roof was covered with large overlapping marble tiles known as imbrices and tegulae. [66] [67] The Parthenon is regarded as the finest example of Greek architecture.
In particular, this Attic amazonomachy was depicted on places such as the west metope on the Parthenon (around 440 BC), shield of Athena Parthenos (around 440 BC), and in the Stoa Poikile in Athens (460 BC).
Corrard de Breban, Recherches Jacques Carrey, pentre troyen, Mémoires de la Société Académique de l'Aube, 1864. p. 77-91 H. Omont, Athenes au XVIIe siecle.Dessins des sculptures du Parthenon attribues a Jacques Carrey et conservès à la Bibltothèque Nationale, accompagnès de vues et plans d Athènes et de l'Acropole., Paris, 1898
A metope is the space between two triglyphs of a Doric frieze. Metope may also refer to: Metope (mythology), a river nymph in Greek mythology; Metope (producer), electronic music producer Michael Schwanen; Métopes Op.29, a piano work by Karol Szymanowski
A metope (L) and triglyph (R) cut from one block from Stratos. Triglyph blocks with slots for the insertion of metopes in the Marmaria at Delphi. Triglyphs (slotted for the insertion of metopes) in the Doric frieze of the Temple of Aphaia .