In classical architecture, a metope (/ˈmɛtəpi/; Ancient Greek: μετόπη) is a rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs...
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pour l'étude de l'antiquité classique, Lausanne, 1978 José Dörig, « Les métopes nord du Parthénon », in E. Berger, Der Parthenon-Kongress Basel. Referate...
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Métopes, Op. 29, is a work for piano solo by the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, completed in 1915. It is a suite of three miniature tone poems drawing...
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(producer), electronic music producer Michael Schwanen Métopes Op.29, a piano work by Karol Szymanowski Metopes of the Parthenon, notably on the Parthenon This...
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In Greek mythology, Metope /mɪˈtoʊpiː/ (Ancient Greek: Μετώπη) may refer to the following: Metope, a naiad, the daughter of the Potamoi Ladon and Stymphalis...
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Metope (Michael Schwanen) is an electronic music producer who has produced many singles on Sender Records and Areal Records, of which he is the head. His...
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His works from this period, such as Mity (1914; “Myths”), Metopy (1915; Métopes), and Maski (1916; “Masques”), are characterized by great originality and...
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Asopus (redirect from Thebe (daughter of Asopus and Metope))
mortal, and therefore either the mother of these daughters (often given as Metope daughter of river Ladon) or their father Asopus must have been mortal, or...
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period. The sculptural decoration in imported Parian marble featured carved metopes and triglyph friezes, topped by pediments filled with sculptures in the...
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Athenian Treasury (section Mythology and the metopes)
Persians. The Battle of Marathon can be seen in some of the images of the metopes which compare their victory to mythology. By using the founder of Athens...
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Tropaeum Traiani (section Metopes)
soldier shield, metope XXIV from Tropaeum Traiani Adamclisi, imperial metope X: Trajan between two adjutants (according to M. Gramatopol) Metope XXXV: A Roman...
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follows Greek precedent, with triglyphs, guttae, metopes, and mutules, except that there are half-metopes at the corners, the Roman rather than Greek solution...
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demand that a triglyph form the corner, and filled it with a half (demi-) metope, allowing triglyphs centered over columns (illustration, right, V.). There...
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Atlas and Heracles, metope from the temple of Zeus at Olympia....
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"July IV MDCCLXXVI" is inscribed. Tabulae ansatae on soldiers' shields – metope from the Tropaeum Traiani, Archaeological Museum of Istanbul A tabula ansata...
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91 Aegina – Aegina, daughter of the river-god Asopus and the river-nymph Metope. She was changed into the island of Aegina by Zeus. DMP · 91 92 Undina –...
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Heraion at Foce del Sele (section Metopes)
point, the best surviving pieces, including approximately 70 sixth-century metope reliefs, were excavated and moved to a museum at Paestum and very little...
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and became a main source of inspiration for Ancient Greek artists (e.g. metopes on the Parthenon depicting the sack of Troy); this artistic preference...
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rest were perhaps painted. The ten metopes on the east side depict the Labours of Heracles. The four easternmost metopes on the long north and south sides...
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literary source, with his Myths for violin and piano, contemporaries of his Métopes for piano and his Masques. The three pieces that compose the work offer...
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Daphne Drosera Harpina The Ionides Ismenis Larunda Lilaea Liriope Melite Metope Minthe Moria Nana Nicaea Orseis Pallas Pirene Salmacis Stilbe The Thriae...
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Temple Decoration and Cultural Identity in the Archaic Greek World: The Metopes of Selinus. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-85797-0. Most...
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Sculptures (Greek: Γλυπτά του Παρθενώνα) refers to sculptures—the frieze, metopes and pediments—from the Parthenon held in various collections, principally...
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Amazonomachy (section West Metopes of Parthenon)
designing the west metopes of the Parthenon, a temple on the Athenian Acropolis dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena. The west metopes of the Parthenon...
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Daphne Drosera Harpina The Ionides Ismenis Larunda Lilaea Liriope Melite Metope Minthe Moria Nana Nicaea Orseis Pallas Pirene Salmacis Stilbe The Thriae...
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Daphne Drosera Harpina The Ionides Ismenis Larunda Lilaea Liriope Melite Metope Minthe Moria Nana Nicaea Orseis Pallas Pirene Salmacis Stilbe The Thriae...
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Selinunte (section Metopes of Selinus (gallery))
archaic shrine: Temple Y, also known as the Temple of the Small Metopes. The recovered metopes have a height of 84 centimetres and can be dated to 570 BC....
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and parts of figures crossing over each other to indicate depth. The metopes of the Parthenon have largely lost their fully rounded elements, except...
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represented in Greek vase painting from the 5th century BC and in the metopes of temples in the Doric order. Spartan women continued to wear the peplos...
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