ART 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Attalid Dynasty, Pathos, Pergamon Altar
27 Jul 2018
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The hellenistic period (c. 323 - 31/30 bce) Death of alexander the great (323 bce) to the death of cleopatra (31/30 bce) Art of area after alexander spread greek culture. Pathetic - as a sense of sympathy or empathy. Attilos i, ruler of pergamon, defeater of gauls (french), migrated to anatolia. Gallic chieftain killing his wife and himself. Around the time julius caesar conquered the gauls. Sculpture in the round/would"ve walked around it. Would"ve had animal heads at the end. Torque (thickly braided leather with bronze ends) around his neck. All together, shows gauls as defeated, but still human. Taking your own life is noble, in a way. Frieze is at the base of the building. But there are still tall statues in the frieze that depict a battle between the giants and the gods. Most of it is in berlin now b/c the germans were the ones who dug up the altar.
