metope
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In Doric Classical architecture, a metope is a space within the frieze that is often decorated with carved work. The frieze is a decorative band located above the architrave and below the cornice. In a Doric frieze, metopes are found between triglyphs, which are projecting rectangular blocks with vertical channels.12
These metopes, along with the triglyphs, form the characteristic pattern of a Doric entablature. The metopes themselves can be adorned with relief sculptures, depicting mythological scenes or historical events. For example, the Parthenon features a famous frieze with metopes that represent the Panathenaic Festival procession. Sometimes, an incomplete or half-metope, known as a demimetope, is used, particularly at the corners of a frieze.1234
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order…with receding square panels, called metopes, that may be either plain or carved with sculptured reliefs. The Roman forms of the Doric order have smaller proportions and appear lighter and more graceful than their Greek counterparts.
Read More…with receding square panels, called metopes, that may be either plain or carved with sculptured reliefs. The Roman forms of the Doric order have smaller proportions and appear lighter and more graceful than their Greek counterparts.
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Western sculptureThe Archaic period…Doric temple, for instance, the metope frieze offered a series of rectangular plaques for reliefs that could accommodate two or three figures. There was a tendency in the Archaic period to let the action run on from one metope to the next, regardless of the intervening triglyph, a practice that…
Read More…Doric temple, for instance, the metope frieze offered a series of rectangular plaques for reliefs that could accommodate two or three figures. There was a tendency in the Archaic period to let the action run on from one metope to the next, regardless of the intervening triglyph, a practice that…
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