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Pergamon gallery 2 |
Pergamon art |
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![The Great Altar of Zeus in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin at My Favourite Planet The Great Altar of Zeus in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin at My Favourite Planet](../../../../images/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/berlin-pergamon-museum_dj-14062009-0237_zeus-altar.jpg)
The reconstruction of the Great Altar of Zeus from the Pergamon Acropolis. Pergamon Museum, Berlin. |
The remains of the 170 metre-long Gigantomachy frieze and the stairway to the Ionic colonnade entrance on the west side of the Great Altar of Zeus, reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.
The Great Altar of Zeus was built around 175 BC by Eumenes II to celebrate his victory over the Galatians (Gauls).
The Altar was excavated in 1871 by German engineer Carl Humann, who had its remains sent to Berlin. |
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![The goddess Rhea in combat at My Favourite Planet The goddess Rhea in combat at My Favourite Planet](../../../../images/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/berlin-pergamon-museum_dj-14062009-0240d_zeus-altar-entrance.jpg)
The goddess Rhea in combat. Part of the Gigantomachy frieze, on the southwest corner of the front of the Great Altar of Zeus. |
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![Plan of the Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon Acropolis, Turkey at My Favourite Planet Plan of the Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon Acropolis, Turkey at My Favourite Planet](../../../../images/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/zeus-altar-plan-1.jpg)
Plan of the Great Altar of Zeus, showing the original locations of the friezes. |
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![Model of the Great Altar of Zeus in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin at My Favourite Planet Model of the Great Altar of Zeus in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin at My Favourite Planet](../../../../images/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/berlin_dj-14062009-0277c_zeus-altar-model.jpg)
Model of the Great Altar of Zeus in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin [1]. |
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![Detail of the south side of the entrance stairway to the Great Altar of Zeus at My Favourite Planet Detail of the south side of the entrance stairway to the Great Altar of Zeus at My Favourite Planet](../../../../images/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/berlin-pergamon-museum_dj-14062009-0240c_zeus-altar-entrance.jpg)
Detail of the south side of the entrance stairway to the Great Altar of Zeus from the Pergamon Acropolis. Now in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin. |
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![The site of the Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon Acropolis, Turkey at My Favourite Planet The site of the Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon Acropolis, Turkey at My Favourite Planet](../../../../images/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/pergamon_dj-14042004-0272b_zeus-altar-site.jpg)
The site of the Great Altar of Zeus on the Pergamon Acropolis.
See photos on gallery 1, pages 21 - 23. |
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![Part of the architrave of the Great Altar of Zeus, Bergama, Turkey at My Favourite Planet Part of the architrave of the Great Altar of Zeus, Bergama, Turkey at My Favourite Planet](../../../../images/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/bergama_dj-08092012-2-1260c_architrave.jpg)
Part of the architrave of the Great Altar of Zeus that was not taken to Berlin.
Bergama Archaeological Museum. Inv. No. 2049. |
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Pergamon Zeus Altar |
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1. Model of the Great Altar of Zeus in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Based on a new survey of the area of the altar in Pergamon, 1988. Fabrication of the model took ten months.
Scale: 1:20 Dimensions: 35.1 x 17.5 x 168.7 cm, including socle Reconstruction: Wolfram Hoepfner, Seminar for Classical Archaeology, Freie Universität, Berlin
Model drawings: Jacek Koscuik Preparatory work: Jürgen Giese Coordination: Jerzy Jasienko Production: COIA Sp. z o.o., Wroclaw, Poland Architectural elements: Kazimierz Szyselko
Friezes and sculptures: Janusz Kucharski, Grazyna Jaskierska, Maciej Albrzykowski, Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland
Materials: Corian by DuPont, Poland, and a special mixture of acrylic and powdered marble Consultants: Jacek Koscuik, Jerzy Jasienko, Technical University Wroclaw, Poland |
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