Pergamon Altar frieze

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Hellenistic sculpture sculptural frieze

The Pergamon Altar frieze is a monumental Hellenistic sculptural relief renowned for its dramatic, high-relief depiction of the mythological battle between gods and giants.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Pergamon Altar	6
Great Altar of Pergamon	4
Pergamon Altar friezes	2
Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon	1
Pergamon Altar frieze canonical	1
Pergamon school of sculpture	1
Telephus Frieze at Pergamon Altar	1
east frieze of the Pergamon Altar	1
north frieze of the Pergamon Altar	1
west frieze of the Pergamon Altar	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ sculptural frieze ⓘ
approximateHeight	about 2.3 meters ⓘ
approximateLength	about 113 meters ⓘ
artMovement	Hellenistic art ⓘ
artTechnique	high relief ⓘ sculpture in the round for some figures ⓘ
commissionedBy	Eumenes II ⓘ surface form: Eumenes II of Pergamon
conservationStatus	partially preserved ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
creator	workshop of Pergamene sculptors ⓘ
culturalContext	Attalid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Attalid dynasty of Pergamon
currentRepository	Antikensammlung ⓘ surface form: Antikensammlung Berlin
depicts	Gigantomachy ⓘ battle between gods and giants ⓘ
depictsCharacter	Athena ⓘ Gaia ⓘ Zeus ⓘ giants ⓘ
discoveredIn	19th century ⓘ
excavatedBy	Carl Humann ⓘ
function	architectural decoration ⓘ dynastic propaganda ⓘ
genre	mythological relief ⓘ
hasPart	Pergamon Altar frieze self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: east frieze of the Pergamon Altar Pergamon Altar frieze self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: north frieze of the Pergamon Altar south frieze of the Pergamon Altar ⓘ Pergamon Altar frieze self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: west frieze of the Pergamon Altar
hasScholarlyInterpretation	allegory of Pergamon’s victory over the Galatians ⓘ
iconographicTheme	Olympian gods in combat ⓘ suffering and pathos in defeated giants ⓘ
inception	2nd century BCE ⓘ c. 180–160 BCE ⓘ
influenced	19th-century Neoclassical sculpture ⓘ
locatedIn	Pergamon Museum ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Berlin ⓘ
materialUsed	marble ⓘ
museumDisplayType	reconstructed architectural setting ⓘ
notableFeature	deeply undercut carving ⓘ dramatic expressions and dynamic poses ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ
originalLocation	acropolis of Pergamon ⓘ surface form: Pergamon acropolis
partOf	Pergamon Altar frieze self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pergamon Altar
placeOfOrigin	Pergamon ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	baroque Hellenistic style ⓘ
symbolizes	triumph of Olympian order over chaos ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	part of the archaeological site of Pergamon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gigantomachy → depictedOn → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

Pergamon → hasStructure → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Altar of Pergamon

Pergamon Museum → exhibits → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pergamon Altar

Pergamon Museum → famousFor → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pergamon Altar

Hellenistic art → notableWork → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pergamon Altar friezes

Telephus → depictedOn → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telephus Frieze at Pergamon Altar

Pergamon Altar frieze → partOf → Pergamon Altar frieze self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pergamon Altar

Pergamon Altar frieze → hasPart → Pergamon Altar frieze self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: east frieze of the Pergamon Altar

Pergamon Altar frieze → hasPart → Pergamon Altar frieze self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: north frieze of the Pergamon Altar

Pergamon Altar frieze → hasPart → Pergamon Altar frieze self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: west frieze of the Pergamon Altar

Museum Island → knownFor → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pergamon Altar

Kingdom of Pergamon → hasPart → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Altar of Pergamon

Attalid dynasty → knownFor → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pergamon Altar

Attalid dynasty → patronOf → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pergamon school of sculpture

Attalid dynasty → notableSite → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pergamon Altar

Temple of Athena → near → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Altar of Pergamon

Eumenes II → patronOf → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Altar of Pergamon

Eumenes II → commissioned → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon

acropolis of Pergamon → notableFind → Pergamon Altar frieze ⓘ

subject surface form: Acropolis of Pergamon

this entity surface form: Pergamon Altar friezes