Reliefs of Ancient Civilizations

Intricate marble carvings and reliefs from ancient Greece and Rome, showcasing historical narratives, figures, and decorative elements.

Greek relief of a family sacrificing. Artist: Unknown

Greek relief of a family sacrificing. Artist: Unknown

Detail from the Parthenon Frieze. Greek marble sculpture, made between 443-438 BC. The full frieze shows a narrative procession of men, women & horses.

Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Endymion. Roman. Antonine period, 2nd c.AD. Detail of Endymion, a beautiful shepherd. Metropolitan Museum. NY. USA.

Sarcophagus with representations of drunken Dionysus and Ariadne. Luni marble. 160-180 AD. Rome. Via Appia. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Italy, Rome, Temple of Apollo Sosianus, frieze of triumphal cortege for victory upon Judaeans in 34 B.C.

Roman era. Sarcophagus of a child. Marble. 3rd cent. AD. From Appian Way. Rome. Vatican Museums. Pio-Clementine Museum. Octogonal Court.

Relief from the Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthus in classical period Lycia, Turkey. It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to have been built in the early fourth century BC as a tomb for Arbinas, the Xanthian dynast who ruled western Lycia

Relief portraying prostration of Barbarians, detail from sarcophagus depicting fight between Roman and Barbarian knights

Sarcophagus. Dionysiac scenes. Marble. 160-180 Ad. Rome. Via Appia. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Marble relief, Ultima Cena, by Tullio Lombardo and Bottega, The Last Supper, Ca' d'Oro Palace, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Roman civilization, fight between slave and knight on horseback from amendola sarcophagus, detail

Relief. Chariot race in the Circus Maximus, Rome, 3rd c. AD. Detail. Rome, Vatican Museum (Chiaramonti).

Sarcofagos with the creation of mankid by Prometheus. White marble, from Pozzuoli, Italy. 4th century AD. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Italy. Rome. Ara Pacis Augustae. Altar dedicated to Pax. 13-9 BC. Processional frieze. Agrippa and family group. Officers of the State, Agrippa, the child Gaius and the woman, Livia (Augustus' wife). Agrippa portrayed his toga covering his heas with scroll.

Sarcophagus. Roman. Cupid holding food. Relief. Detail. Marble. 3rd c. AD. Ostia. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Baptisterium Tomba di Rotari Relief über dem Portal zur Tomba di Rotari oder San Giovanni Battista in Tomba in Monte SantAngelo, Gargano, Apulien, Italien, Europa Relief at the Portal to Tomba di Rotari or San Giovanni Battista in Tomba in Monte SantAngelo, Gargano, Apulia, Italy, Europe *** Baptistery Tomba di Rotari Relief above the portal to Tomba di Rotari or San Giovanni Battista in Tomba in Monte SantAngelo, Gargano, Apulia, Italy, Europe Relief at the Portal to Tomba di Rotari or San Giovanni Battista in Tomba in Monte SantAngelo, Gargano, Apulia, Italy, Europe

Roman art. Sarcophagus: The deceased surrounded by hybrid sea creatures. About 240 AD. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

Aeneas and his son Ascanius founding Rome. 140-50 AD. Rome, Italy. Marble. British Museum. London.

Imperial Roman era. Basin of sculpture of a river god Arno. Sarcophagus. 170-180 AD. Decorated with scenes of battles between Greeks and Amazons. Relief. Vatican Museums.

RELIEVE DE LOS ACTORES - 410 AC - ESCULTURA GRIEGA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-ESCULTURA. ATHENS. GREECE. BACCHUS.

EXVOTO DE XENOKRATEIA y su hijo (s. IV a. C.) junto a una figura masculina, que le escucha, el dios del río CEFISO. A la izquierda, APOLO, sentado sobre el caldero de su trípode de Delfos, y otras divinidades: HESTIA, LAFONA, ARTEMIS, ELICIA, KALIROE, NINFAS y el dios acuático AQUELOUS (toro con cabeza humana). Pieza hallada en Neon Phaleron. Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Atenas. Grecia.

Roman sarcophagus of the Seasons. Front view. In the central part, the figure of the deceased within a pendentive (clipeus) flanked by two winged geniuses. Scene of the myth of Selene and Endymion. In the upper part, two winged geniuses holding a poster. To the sides, agricultural scenes of the Roman life: production of wine and oil. 4th century AD. From Empuries (province of Girona), Catalonia. Archaeological Museum of Catalonia. Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

escena de iniciacion con descubrimiento de falo, I antes de Cristo, arcilla con restos de policromia, Italia, coleccion Campana.

Detail from the Parthenon Frieze. Greek marble sculpture, made between 443-438 BC. The full frieze shows a narrative procession of men, women & horses.

The Bassae Frieze comprises a series of relief marble sculptures from the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae, Greece. It was discovered in 1811 by Carl Haller and Charles Cockerell. From the style of the frieze it belongs to the High Classical period, probably carved around 400 BC.

Sarcophagus decorated with grape harvesting Cupids. Marble. 160 AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Relief on a sarcophagus at the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delphi, Greece

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Pergamum Altar in the Pergamum Museum in Berlin. It is a monumental construction built during the reign of King Eumenes 11 in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient city of Pergamum in Asia Minor. It is 35.64 meters wide and 33.4 meters deep. The front stairway is almost 20 meters wide. The base is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. In 1878 the German engineer Carl Human began official excavations on the acropolis of Pergamum. The excavation was undertaken in order to rescue the altar friezes and expose the foundation of the edifice. Later, other ancient structures on the acropolis were brought to light.

Bardo Museum, Tubnisia: Sarcophagus of the Four Seasons (IVth century AD ) Roman, Carthaginian

Capilla Mayor de la Catedral de Santa Tecla de Tarragona. Frontal de mármol blanco dedicado a san Pablo y a santa Tecla.

Roman Republican period soldiers from relief of Domitius Ahenorbarbus. Roman relief.100 BC.

Italy, Calabria, Reggio Calabria, National Museum, Magna Grecia, pinax from Mannella Sanctuary in Locri Epizefiri, Terracotta Votive Small Plank, Dioniso and Persefone.

Sarcophagus with Dionysiac ceremonial procession on the front and on the sides, and banquet scene with the couple Dionysus and Arianna on the lid. 160-180 AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Roman relief. Roman soldiers fight barbarians.

Detail of the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great, Istanbul Museum, Turkey, Europe, Eurasia

Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Tomb of Mausolus. Turkey. Amazonomachy frieze. 350 BC. British Museum. London.

Detail from the Vatican Gardens, the large sprawling urban gardens which cover more than half the Vatican territory (around 23 hectares). The gardens are decorated with sculptures, reliefs and fountains. This image shows relief work.

Metope, by Unknown artist, 3rd Century ,, . Italy: Puglia: Taranto: Taranto: National Archaeological Museum. Whole artwork. Metope figures Asian costume trousers imation beret/cap Phrygian sword

Siphnian Treasury. 530 BC. Gigantomachy. Hera between warriors. Delphi. Greece.

Death of Thersandros, the son of Polynices and Argeia was, in Greek mythology, king of Thebes. Pergamum Altar in the Pergamum Museum in Berlin. It is a monumental construction built during the reign of King Eumenes 11 in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient city of Pergamum in Asia Minor. It is 35.64 meters wide and 33.4 meters deep. The front stairway is almost 20 meters wide. The base is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. In 1878 the German engineer Carl Human began official excavations on the acropolis of Pergamum. The excavation was undertaken in order to rescue the altar friezes and expose the foundation of the edifice. Later, other ancient structures on the acropolis were brought to light.

Sarcophagus, c. AD 100-125. Italy, Rome, Roman Empire. Greek marble; overall: 210 cm (82 11/16 in.). The tragic figure Orestes appears three times on the front of this sarcophagus, always wielding a short sword. In the center he stands over the body of his mother Clytemnestra, and at center left over the body of her lover Aegisthus. Orestes has killed them both to avenge their murder of his father Agamemnon, upon his return from years of fighting at Troy. At the far left, three Furies (avenging spirits) rest upon Agamemnon's tomb, while at the far right, Orestes atones for the murders at the Delphian shrine of Apollo, marked by a tripod and rock. On the lid, four reclining women symbolize the seasons, arranged in right-to-left order: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, as indicated by their dress and the contents of their baskets.

RELIEVE DEL MONTE DEL GOZO S XVI. Author: GREGORIO ESPAÑOL (1560-1630). Location: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

(Detail) from the Apotheosis of Homer, 3rd-century BC, marble relief, by Archelaus of Prieneis. The Apotheosis was a common scene in classical and neo-classical art, showing the poet Homer's elevation to divine status. Homer was the subject of a number of formal hero cults in classical antiquity.

Wounded Valkyries on the Battlefield; Ernst Alpers (German, active Hannover, Germany about 1867); Hanover, Germany; 1867; Albumen silver print

Detail from the upper part of the Tomb of Payava, a Lycian tall rectangular free-standing barrel-vaulted stone sarcophagus built for Payava, ruler of Xanthos. Dated 360 BC

Italy, Tuscany, Pisa, Piazza dei Miracoli, cathedral, marble pulpit, panel with Crucifixion by Giovanni Pisano, 1301-1310, detail

Austria, Aedicula with Jupiter and Juno, limestone

Panel of Hierapolis Theatre scene(Turkey). Dionysos who joins in the vintage festival is accompanied by Nymphs, panther, Eros and kentauri (horse-men). Roman era. End of 2nd century A.D. Hierapolis Museum. Turkey.

UK, England, London, British Museum, Greeks fight Amazons, Frieze from Temple of Apollo, Bassai, Greece, 400-429 BC

ARTE ROMANO. FRANCIA. 'TROFEOS DE LOS GALOS VENCIDOS DURANTE LA CONQUISTA DE LAS GALIAS POR JULIO CESAR'. Relieve del Arco de Triunfo (S. I). Orange.

Detail of the sculptural relief of the capital of the cloister of the cathedral of Gerona, 12th century, Gerona, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain.

The Pergamum Museum, Berlin. The museum is subdivided into the antiquity collection, the Middle East Museum and the museum of Islamic art. The museum is visited every year by 1,135,000 people, making it the most visited art museum in Germany.

Sarcophagus. Cupids making and carrying weapons. Marble. 2nd C. AD. Antonine Age. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Roman relief, Museo del Teatro Romano, Museum of the Roman Theatre, Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain, Europe

Iduna with Apples of Immortality. Ernst Alpers (German, active Hannover, Germany about 1867)

Roman frieze showing centaurs, mythological creatures with the head, arms, and torso of a human and the body and legs of a horse

Sarcophagus of a child decorated with reliefs depicting the procession of Bacchus, god of wine, and his followers. Detail. Marble. 220-250 AD. From Rome. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Relief detail from The Arch of Constantine, a triumphal, or victory arch in Rome. It is positioned between the Collosseum and the Palatine Hill. It commemorates Emperor Constantine's victory in the Battle of Milvian Bridge in the early 4th century AD. It was dedicated in 315 AD and features reliefs/friezes documenting previous Emperors and victory figures.

Autun, Cathedral St-Lazare, portal of the Last Judgement around 1135 by Master Gislebertus, tympanum with weighing of souls and the elect and damned, St., Saint, Saint

Fragment of a Renaissance frieze decorated with grotesques, 16th century. Limestone. Provenance unknown. Carmo Archaeological Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Battle scene celebrating the Julia family, bas-relief of the socle of the mausoleum, ca 20-30 AD, Les Antiques, entrance to the Roman archaeological site of Glanum, Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France.

Roman sarcophagus. Mtyth of Theseus and Ariadne. Marble. Hadrianic or Early Antonine period, 130-140 AD. Theseus killing the Minotaur, part-bull and part-human monster. Museum Metropolitan of Art. Ny. USA.

Roman sarcophagus. Fragments . Ulysses and the mermainds. 4th C. Original in the East Tricora of the Cementery of St. Calixtus. Plaster copy. Vatican Museum. Vatican City.

fragmento de sarcofago de la basilica, museo,Mezquita-catedral de Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain.

Frieze, Parthenon, British Museum, London's, Marble. 447 - 438 BCE Fragment of the Panathenaic Procession from the east frieze of the Parthenon, . The Parthenon frieze is the high-relief pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenons naos. It was sculpted between c. 443 and 438 BC,

Pergamum Altar in the Pergamum Museum in Berlin. It is a monumental construction built during the reign of King Eumenes 11 in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient city of Pergamum in Asia Minor. It is 35.64 meters wide and 33.4 meters deep. The front stairway is almost 20 meters wide. The base is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. In 1878 the German engineer Carl Human began official excavations on the acropolis of Pergamum. The excavation was undertaken in order to rescue the altar friezes and expose the foundation of the edifice. Later, other ancient structures on the acropolis were brought to light.

Dip Ankara jataka, story of one of the previous existences of the Buddha. Gandhara, 2nd century AD.

Detail from the Nereid Monument, a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in classical period Lycia. Dated 4th Century BC

BAJORRELIEVE QUE REPRESENTA A ULISES Y LAS SIRENAS - SIGLO V AC. Location: MUSEO ETRUSCO. VOLTERRA. ITALIA. ULISES. ODISEO.

The East frieze of the Parthenon, Acropolis of Athens, Greece. Sacrificial procession. Gods and Godesses. The Peplos Scene. Pentelic marble. Stone number I IV, figures E 21-23 (male figures), E 24 (Hermes) E 25 (Dionysos), E 26 (Demeter) E 27 (stalwart god). British Museum. London, United Kingdom.

BAJORRELIEVE DE UN ORADOR EN EL AULA DE UN TRIBUNAL - SIGLO IV. Location: MUSEO. OSTIA. ITALIA.

Sarcophagus. Dionysus and the Seasons. Marble. 4th century AD. Detail of dunken Dionuysus help up by a satyr. Unknown provenance. National Roman Museum ( Baths of Diocletian). Rome, Italy.

Sacrifice frieze to Mars, Temple of Neptune. Rome. 100 BC. Republican era.

Marble sarcophagus with marble group on lid representing deceased couple and relief depicting battle between Greeks and Amazons, detail of combat between Greeks and Amazons, from Thessaloniki

Block with a portrayal of the folding curule seat. Detail of city's foundation. "sulcus primigenius" ritual. Rome. 2nd century. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Horsemen from the Parthenon frieze, 438-432 BC. Artist: Unknown

Roman art. Sarcophagus: The deceased surrounded by hybrid sea creatures. About 240 AD. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

Caryatids and griffins, decoration on a capital of the ambo, cathedral of Sessa Aurunca, Campania, Italy, 13th century.

Marble relief depicting sacrifice scene

Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus. 3rd century. Roman era. Battle scene between Romans and Goths. Barbarian warriors defeated. National Museum of Rome. Altemps Palace. Rome. Italy.

Relief. Myth of god Mithras. The votive offfer of a cashier. Detail of Corvus (corvax). Nesca, Aequiculum. End 2nd c.AD. Italy. Natinal Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Chained captives in Trajan's triumphal procession, AD 107. ITALY.

Relief with two forms; Unknown Alexandrian workshop; 4th century (301-00-00-400-00-00);reliefy

Roman sarcophagus depicting a lion hunting scene. Half of the 3rd century AD. Carrara marble, Barcino, Barcelona.

Etruscan civilization. Relief from a funerray Cippus. Early 5th century BC. Limestone. Chiuse. Barraco Museum. Rome.

Relief from the Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthus in classical period Lycia, Turkey. It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to have been built in the early fourth century BC as a tomb for Arbinas, the Xanthian dynast who ruled western Lycia

Detail from the a frieze in the Nereid Monument. Lykian tomb, found in Xanthus, Turkey. Built around 390-380 BC

Relief depicting battle between Greeks and Trojans, from Monastery of Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy

Pio Clementino Museum of Roman Art, Vatican museum, Rome, Italy.

Pergamum Altar in the Pergamum Museum in Berlin. It is a monumental construction built during the reign of King Eumenes 11 in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient city of Pergamum in Asia Minor. It is 35.64 meters wide and 33.4 meters deep. The front stairway is almost 20 meters wide. The base is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. In 1878 the German engineer Carl Human began official excavations on the acropolis of Pergamum. The excavation was undertaken in order to rescue the altar friezes and expose the foundation of the edifice. Later, other ancient structures on the acropolis were brought to light.

USA, Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum, detail of Roman sarcophagus, 2nd century AD

Roman Art. Relief of sarcophagus. Child with theatrical mask. Vatican Museum. City of the Vatican.

Sarcophagus with pastorial scenes. 270 Ad. Marble. Detail of sheeps. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Spain, Castile Leon, Soria, San Juan de Duero cloister

The stoning of Saint Stephen, bas-relief inside Trento Cathedral, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 14th century.

Animals, by Arnolfo di Cambio, workshop Arnolfo di Cambio, 1296 - 1310, 13th Century -14th Century, marble. Italy: Tuscany: Florence: Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore Museum. Detail. Animals flocks sheep ox

Greek school. Relief of hydrophores (water carriers) from the Northern frieze of the Parthenon. Classical Athenian, Acropolis Museum.. Greece. Author: PHIDIAS. Location: MUSEO DE LA ACROPOLIS. ATHENS.

Stucco reliefs of the Chamber of the Sun and the Moon, Francesco Primaticcio, 1528, Palazzo Te, pleasure palace, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Relief depicting Corruption, Slander, Deception and Despotic Power. US Supreme Court, Washington DC. USA

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