GIGANTOMACHY

The picture is associated with the struggle of the gods with the giants in ancient Greek mythology, during which the giants were destroyed by the gods. Prototype: Gigantomachy. The struggle of the Olympian Gods with the Giants (a fragment of a modern reconstruction of the frieze of the Pergamon altar (the altar of Zeus in Pergamon c. 180-159 BC), Berlin Museum, Germany, Hellenistic architecture, ancient mythology) Before us are two goddesses and two giants (giants are easy to distinguish from the titans by the serpentine lower body), from left to right: two Moira (goddess of fate) Lachesis and Atropos deal a mortal blow to Agria and Foant with their bronze maces. Agria and Foant (aka Toon) are giants, the sons of Gaia. If in classical antique art there is a noble and static calmness of the figures, then all the heroes of the Pergamon high relief are energetic, expressive, dynamic. Even with a cursory glance at the thousands of details, the curves of the eyebrows, lips, arms, legs, one gets the impression that a cataclysm has struck the world and, if it is not overcome, then the end of everything will come.