Parthenon frieze발음듣기
Parthenon frieze
[SPEAKER 1] We're in the British Museum, and we're looking at the frieze that went around the Parthenon.발음듣기
And although they would have been painted more brightly, I still think it would have been a little tough to see.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 2] Essentially, what we have is the procession of the citizens of Athens on the birthday of Athena, patron goddess of Athens.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 1] And it would wind its way through the city, until it actually reached her temple.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 1] What we have here, then, is actually not a representation of some mythology, but actually a representation of something that the Athenians would have lived themselves.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 2] Yes, and they're putting themselves in the realm of the gods, because they take part in the procession, looking very ideal, and very noble, and the procession ends with a sacrifice to the gods, in the presence of the gods and goddesses.발음듣기
And so, in a way, the human realm and the divine realm - [SPEAKER 1] That definition dissolves.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 1] Let's take a close look at the procession, because first of all, it's extremely long.발음듣기
And we're talking about dozens of horses, dozens of riders, each one depicted slightly differently.발음듣기
But there's such a complexity of the hooves of the horses, of the legs of the horses, of the legs of the riders.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 1] And each one, as you said, is in a slightly different position, but all creating this momentum.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 2] The male figures have these wide shoulders, and narrow hips, and beautiful torsos, incredible muscles in their arms, but these very beautiful faces that are very calm.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 1] We see those humans, these Athenians, actually controlling the power and the wildness of nature represented through the horses.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 2] And there's something really wonderful about an animal that's acting very wild and passionate, and a human rider, just sitting holding it.발음듣기
So nobly, maybe turning and looking back behind him, not even worried about that animal that's about to rear up.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 1] So if in fact, the frieze depicts the Panathenaic procession - and that's generally accepted, although there's some art historians that have suggested alternate possibilities - then most likely what we're seeing is the folding of the peplos here, which was actually woven by the Athenians.발음듣기
And of course, it was ultimately paraded through the city to drape the statue of the goddess Athena herself, in the temple, the Parthenon.발음듣기
This group of relief sculptures would have been directly over the main entrance to the Parthenon.발음듣기
And there's a kind of stillness here, and more of an isolation to the figures, than these rough and tumble of the horses, and the riders, and the procession that I love so much.발음듣기
It's almost like there was a sculptor who, under Phidious's direction, just loved playing with the patterns of the drapery.발음듣기
And he lifts up his knee, and leans back, and looks on, and has a sense of total tranquility.발음듣기
[SPEAKER 1] There's a kind of complete comfort within his own body that the sculptor is able to express just exquisitely.발음듣기
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