The Building, Pergamon altar, blueprint, engineering drawing
Germany, Museum Island, Berlin, Pergamon MuseumTHE BUILDING
To the Romans, the Pergamon Altar was the eighth wonder of the world. Structurally the monument is essentially an elaborately embellished podium. Its function was to serve as a platform for the sacrificial altar in the central courtyard and as a mount for the famous Great Frieze on the outside walls. The Great Frieze is 2.30 metres high, 120 metres long and was composed of more than one hundred larger than life-sized figures. It depicts a central event in Greek mythology: the epic battle fought between the Olympian gods and the giants for control of the world. The Telephos Frieze on the walls of the colonnaded courtyard, which is reached via a monumental stairway, recounts the life of the mythical founder of Pergamon.
No contemporary accounts of the construction of the altar exist. The dedicatory inscription and the signatures of individual sculptors survive only in fragments. Archaeological evidence nevertheless permits a dating to c. 180-160 BC. i.e. to the reign of Eumenes II.
Supplementary images:
Blueprint or the engineering drawing of the Pergamon altar, located at the Pergamon museum.
Taken on Thursday 08th of August 2019
Device: Google
Model: Pixel 3 XL
Genre:
180 - 160 BC.
Source: Berlin, Germany
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