CLAS 2P34 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pediment, Chryselephantine Sculpture, Omphalos
29 May 2016
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Filled with statues, buildings = gifts to represent victories, displays of wealth and religious devotion competition between the poleis (city states) Archaic period: chryselephantine statue pf apollo: 6th c. bc: gold and ivory to honour the god with wealth = radiant; buries because of the fire in 548 bc. The fire ravaged the whole place and so they had to build them again. Battle between the gods and the giants or titans early chaotic gods in greek myth. Chaos and barbarism - just like the temple of zeus. To control the greek universe they have to go through the battle: delphi the bellybutton of the ancient world. Almost nothing left to see nowadays - only foundations left. Images of the way between the gods and the giants. Two women at the front very detailed and extravagant. Statues were alive lived and breathed, shimmering with life: showing off.
