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Centauromachy metope 1

Centauromachy metope 1. By George Noakes. Story.

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Centauromachy metope 1

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  1. Centauromachymetope 1 By George Noakes

  2. Story The Centaurs were invited to a wedding dinner by the Lapiths, but were unused to the wine they were given, and that when the bride made her speech, a Centaur tried to rape her. This act caused other centaurs to try to rape the Lapith women. The battle is between these Centaurs and the Lapith men trying to defend their women.

  3. Background They are 120cm(h) x 125cm(w) Dated 447 BC - 432 BC Found in Athens Found on the south side of the temple, with all the other better preserved metopes One of the most famous high relief metopes

  4. Centaur holding the man in a ‘wrestlers grip’ Other hand outreached holding a rock, ready to attack Lapith man thrusting a spit into the centaur’s flank

  5. Right hand fills the space well, the scuplture could of illusrated the fight by other means but would of left blank space Severe expression on the man’s fight looks less natural especially considering he’s in a fight. Too high up to see expression Most of the metope is in high relief, makes the piece look more realistic. Some of the metope is actually off the background Centaur has an angry expression on his face, unlike the human

  6. Woodford “One of the finest, shows how brilliantly the sunlight of Athens animates the figures and how they, in turn, lend a touch of humanity to the otherwise austere geometry of the architecture” “The figures appear to move freely, engrossed in their combat”

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