Parthenon metope, South 30, Centaur
- Title:
- Parthenon metope, South 30, Centaur
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (supervised by Phidias)
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
447-438 BCE
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Athens, Greece (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse
Athens, Greece (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0503
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 164
503 - File Name:
- CCC_0503.tif
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- High Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble relief (sculpture technique) (original) - Subject:
- Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Mythology, Classical
Centaurs - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Description:
- This is a fragment from the top center of Parthenon metope South 30, preserving the weathered (in the original) head of a centaur. He is short-haired, bearded, and he casts his expressive gaze downward.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
Museum no. 1816,0610.14 - Bibliography:
- John Boardman, Greek Sculpture: The Classical Period (London: Thames and Hudson, 1985), 103-105, fig. 90
Frank Brommer, Die Metopen des Parthenon (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1967), 124-125, pls. 229-232
Ernst Berger, Der Parthenon in Basel: Dokumentation zu den Metopen (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1986), 97, pl. 108
P.P. Caproni and brother, Catalogue of Plaster Reproductions from Antique, Medieval and Modern Sculpture (Boston, MA, 1911), 101
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=461681&partId=1&searchText=parthenon+metope&page=1 - Related Work:
- Belongs with ID nos. 483 (adjoining) and 195, and 391.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
London, British Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.