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Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Giants
21. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Three nymphs, the female nature demons, are from Dionysus’s entourage, fighting giants.
Northern frieze of the southern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
22. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Giant battling with a lion.
Northern frieze of the Siphnian Treasury in Delphi.
Marble. 525 BCE.
Delphi, Archaeological Museum.
23. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The cupids decorating a tripod.
Fresco of the 4th style.
Inv. No. SAP 77872.
Herculaneum, Archaeological Park.
24. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The struggle of Athena and the Gigantes.
A part of frieze from the agora gate of the nymphaeum in Aphrodisias.
Marble. Rome, 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 1613 a.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
25. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Gigantomachy (the battle between the gods and the giants).
A part of frieze from the agora gate of the nymphaeum in Aphrodisias.
Marble. Rome, 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 1613 a.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
26. CERAMICS. Greece.
Apollon slaying the giant Tityos who aggressed Apollon’s mother Leto.
Red-figure kylix, type B. Attic, Athens.
Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter (by Furtwangler).
Clay.
Early classical, ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. Nos. J 402 / 2689.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
27. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Wall painting of the exedra or triclinium y, lower part of the south wall.
Fresco of the 4th style from Pompeii (House of the Bronzes, VII. 4. 59).
50—79 CE.
Painting by Vincenzo Loria (1850—1939).
1886.
Inv. No. 20879.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
28. GLYPTICS. Greece.
Zeus on his quadriga striking the Giants with lightning.
Cameo. Niccolite. 3rd—2nd century BCE.
Signature: ΑΘΗΝΙΩΝ (Athenion).
Inv. No. 25848.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
29. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Athena and Enceladus. Metopa from the eastern frieze of the Temple E in Selinuntum.
Limestone, marble.
460—450 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
30. CERAMICS. Greece.
Athena killing Enkelados.
Red-figure dish. Attic, Athens.
Painter: Oltos? (Louvre) / circle of Psiax (Mertens).
550—500 BCE.
Inv. No. CA 3662.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
31. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Cinerary urn of a woman with a scene of a battle between the Giants and the Gods.
Travertine. 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. Bell. 134.
Perugia, National Archaeological Museum of Umbria.
32. GLYPTICS. Etruria.
Heracles with a monster.
Gemma.
Cornelian. 5th century BCE.
Inv. No. ГР-20880.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
33. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
Snake-legged giant.
1st century BCE.
Tarquinia, Tomb of the Typhon.
34. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
Wall-painting of the Typhon tomb in Tarquinia.
2nd century BCE.
Tarquinia, Tomb of the Typhon.