metope

Examples of metope in the following topics:

• The Parthenon

  • The exterior of the temple has a Doric frieze consisting of metopes and triglyphs.
  • The sculpted reliefs on the Parthenon's metopes are both decorative and symbolic and relate stories of the Greeks against the others.
  • These scenes are the most preserved of the metopes and demonstrate how Phidias mastered fitting episodic narrative into square spaces.
  • Metope from the south side of the Parthenon, of a Lapis and a Centuar.
  • Describe the defining aspects of the metopes, processional friezes, pediments and sculptoral work of the Greek Parthenon.

• Temple Architecture in the Greek Archaic Period

  • The frieze was decorated with alternating panels of triglyphs and metopes.
  • Between the triglyphs were the metopes.
  • Sculptors used the metope spaces to depict mythological occurrences, often with historical or cultural links to the site on which the temple stood.
  • While very little paint remains now, the entire pediment scene, triglyphs and metopes, and other parts of the temple would have been painted in bright colors.
  • This is one of the metopes from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.

• Marble Sculpture and Architecture in the Greek Early Classical Period

  • The twelve metopes over the pronaos and opisthodomos depict scenes from the twelve labors of Herakles.
  • Like the development in pedimental sculpture, the reliefs on the metopes display the Early Classical understanding of the body.
  • This metope fragment depicts Herakles in a more dynamic and emotive pose.
  • This metope fragment depicts Herakles with relatively calm body language.

• The Acropolis

  • The exterior of the temple has a Doric frieze consisting of metopes and triglyphs.
  • The sculpted reliefs on the Parthenon's metopes are both decorative and symbolic and relate stories of the Greeks against the others.
  • These scenes are the most preserved of the metopes and demonstrate how Phidias mastered fitting episodic narrative into square spaces.
  • The order of the Propylaea and its columns are Doric, and its decoration is simple, lacking reliefs in the metopes and pediment.
  • Metope from the south side of the Parthenon, of a Lapis and a Centuar.

• Delphi and Greek Treasuries

  • The treasury has Doric columns and a frieze of triglyphs and thirty metopes that depict scenes from the life of Theseus, an Athenian mythological hero, and Herakles.
  • The metopes also display the development of Archaic relief and temple decoration.
  • Metope depicting Herakles and Ceryean Hind.

• Sutures

  • Frontal suture or metopic suture: Located between the two frontal bones, prior to the fusion of the two into a single bone.

• Architecture in the Greek High Classical Period

  • Externally, 20 Doric columns supported a frieze with triglyphs and metopes.
  • The circular wall of the cella was also crowned by a similar frieze, metopes, and triglyphs to a lesser extent.

• The Temple of Athena Nike

  • Unlike the metopes of the Parthenon, which depict mythical battles, the battles shown on the frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike depict historical battles of the Greeks.

• Aegina

  • While very little paint remains now, the entire pediment scene, triglyphs and metopes, and other parts of the temple would have been painted in bright colors.

• The Propylaea and the Erechtheion

  • The order of the Propylaia and its columns are Doric and the decoration of is plain and simple; there are no reliefs carved into the metopes and the pediment is unadorned.