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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/970/978-34.jpg
Title	Great Altar, Pergamon, Turkey, east frieze, Zeus fighting giants.
Alternative Title	Pergamon Altar; Pergamene Altar.
Date	175-150 BCE?
Cultural Context	Aegean Ancient Greek Greek European Western European Turkish Asia Minor Near Eastern Middle Eastern Anatolian
Style/Period	Greek (ancient) Hellenistic Ionic Pergamene (sculpture style)
Theme	Architecture (object genre) Altars (religious building fixtures) Exterior views Exterior walls Walls Architectural elements Friezes (ornamental areas) Sculpture (visual work) Reliefs (sculptures) High reliefs (sculpture) Fragments Narrative (artistic device) Narratives (document genres) Storytelling Mythology (literary genre) Myths (literary documents) Legends (folk tales) Folk tales Folklore Scenes (depictions) Battles Battlefields Victories Triumphs Motion Gesture Kneeling Sitting Figurative art Figures (representations) Profiles (figures) Front views Back views Gods Men (male humans) Nudity Nudes (representations) Drapery (representations)
Subject	Architecture Altars Walls Architectural elements Friezes (Ornamental bands) Sculpture Architectural sculpture Architectural decorations & ornaments Storytelling Myths Legends Campaigns & battles Battlefields Victories Locomotion Human locomotion Fighting Gestures Sitting Gods People associated with religion Giants Men Fictitious characters Supernatural beings Nudes Muscles Backs (Anatomy) Buttocks Beards
People Pictured	Zeus (Greek deity)
Material	Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Measurements	Height (of frieze): c. 7 ft 7 in (2.30 m)
Technique	Sculpting Carving (processes) Relief (sculpture techniques) High relief (technique)
Work Type	Architecture Altars Architectural sculpture Sculpture Reliefs (sculptures) Friezes (ornamental areas)
Repository	Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Pergamonmuseum (Berlin, Germany) Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin, Germany)
Source	Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/ Prentice Hall, 2007. (fig. 10.25, p.356)
Rights	Photo credit/reproduced in Pedley courtesy: © Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 978-34.jpg
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