William Sterling

Head of one of the four horses of the moon goddess Selene from the northern end of the East Pediment of the Parthenon in Athens c. 420 BC, currently in the British Museum. One of the most popular of the so-called Elgin Marbles which Lord Elgin rescued from Athens in the early nineteenth century. The East Pediment showed the birth of Athena as she burst out of the head of her father, Zeus, and the reaction of those who were present. Although all the central figures are long gone at either end are depictions of the sun god Helios rising from the sea with his four horse chariot and the moon goddess Selene returning to the sea with hers showing that Athena was born at dawn. Image © Trustees of the British Museum

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The Queen’s House Greenwich

December 6, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Free

This tour was devised for a course entitled “Gods and Heroes: the influence of the Classical World on art in the C17th & C18th” at the Queen’s House in 2017 as the Queen’s House itself is the first neo-classical building in Britain and many of the objects displayed in it demonstrate the influence of the Classical World. This virtual tour takes advantage of images from when the Queen’s House was furnished to recreate how it looked in the Seventeenth Century even though it no longer looks like this to see how it has changed over the centuries.

Details

Date:
December 6, 2022
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Organizer

Guildhall Library
Phone:
020 7332 1868
Website:
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/guildhall-library

Venue

Guildhall Library via Zoom
Aldermanbury
London, EC2V 7HH United Kingdom + Google Map

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