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Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Lapiths
1. ARCHITECTURE. Greece.
South-western corner of the Parthenon with a metope. The fight between the Centaur and the Lapith.
Marble.
430s BCE.
Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon.
2. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Lapith and centaur.
After metope of Parthenon.
Inv. No. Acr. 20707.
Athens, New Acropolis Museum.
3. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase: side B with scenes of centauromachy.
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Greece.
A metope of the Parthenon. The fight between the Centaur and the Lapith.
Marble. 430s BCE.
Inv. No. 1816,0610.11.
London, British Museum.
5. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Pirithous and Hippodamia receives centaurs at his wedding.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Gavius Rufus VII, 2, 16).
Inv. No. 9044.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Lapith woman.
West pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
Marble. 60s of the 5th century BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Lapith woman.
West pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
Marble. 60s of the 5th century BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
8. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Pompeii: Domus Vettiorum, Painted Room.
60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
9. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The Exedra-Pinacotheca of the House of the Vettii.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
10. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The Exedra-Pinacotheca of the House of the Vettii. North and east walls.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
11. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The Exedra-Pinacotheca of the House of the Vettii. East and south walls.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Centauromachia.
Relief on a sarcophagus.
Roman work of the 2nd century.
Inv. No. 290.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 53.