AHIS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Phidias, Chryselephantine Sculpture, Diadumenos
26 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
460 bc 5th century: sanctuary of zeus, olympia, a sanctuary of ancient greece in elis on the peloponnese peninsula, between two well watered valleys, had cult activities (started probably before the mycenaean era, dates to classical period or roman era, held the olympic games, hippodrome where horse races took place, altis sacred grounds, altar, temple of hera where olympic torch is usually it, temple of zeus, 470 56 bc i. ii. iii. Games would have lasted well beyond the late roman empire: pheidias, chryselephantine, statue of zeus, at olympia taken out of temple and removed to constantinople a, no longer survives, created by phideous, athenian statue maker, 435 bc, holding a sceptre in one hand and a goddess in the other, was to be made out of gold and ivory (body out of ivory, and drapery out of gold, very large statue, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, zeus olympios reconstruction.
