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View at the museum ↗Architectural Relief Depicting the Gigantomachy (Battle Between Gods and Giants)
Ancient Etruscan3rd-2nd century BCE
- Attribution
- Etruscan
- Medium
- terracotta, pigment
- Physical dimensions
- 45.8 × 46 × 21.9 cm (18 1/16 × 18 1/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Katherine K. Adler Memorial Fund
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Source rights statement: Public domain
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As the name suggests, the Gigantomachy was the struggle between and the Giants and the Olympian gods, who were led by Zeus. In flowing robes, a god and goddess capture a Giant, depicted with wings and serpent-like features, to deliver the final blow in this epic battle. These three animated figures were probably once part of a series of ornamental covers called antefixes, which were placed along the lowest row of roof tiles on a small building, probably a temple. Etruscans often decorated their buildings with brightly colored sculptural compositions based on Greek mythology.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0