EditorialThe " Golden Gate" of Freiberg " Cathedral to Our Lady". Statues left are: Daniel, Queen of Sheba, King Solomon and John Baptist. Right: Aaron, Bathseba, King David and Nahum. In the tympanon: Saint Mary enthroned, left Three Magi, ...
EditorialNotre Dame de Paris; the right-hand portal, portal of Sainte Anne. Lower register: Saints Anne and Joachim. Center: Life of the Virgin; tympanon: a Romanesque Virgin enthroned, dating from before the construction of the portal, King Louis VII and bisho...
EditorialChurch of Saint Magdalen, Vezeley, France. Tympanon of the center portal: Christ spreading the rays of the spirit among the apostles (1120). Above the portal statues of apostles, of the Virgin and of Mary Magdalen.
EditorialThe " Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis in Sidon. The tympanon of the lid shows two griffins, one male, one female, with eagles' heads and spiked crests. End 5th BCE Marble from Paros, 296,5x253,5x137 cm Inv. 369 T.
EditorialCentral porch (portail central), Strasbourg Cathedral. Top: King Solomon on his throne; tympanon: Jesus' entry in Jerusalem, last supper, Judas' kiss, Malchus, Jesus before Pilate; crown of thorns, crucifixion; Judas' hanged, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint...
EditorialInterior of the 12th century St. George's church in Kurbinovo, Mecedonia. Tympanon: Madonna and child; above: Saint Mary with angels and saints. 1191.
EditorialCofanetto Farnese, gilded box of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese with rock crystal plaques by Giovanni dei Bernardi (between 1543-1544) Detail from the tympanon: Childhood See also: 40-09-01 / 13-22.
EditorialCult relief from a sanctuary of Jupiter Dolichenus. Left and right from the tympanon Sun and Moon, inside the temple from left Jupiter Dolichenus on the bull, right Juno Regina on the hind; eagle in the tympanon. Former Roman province Noricum, Austria-...
EditorialCofanetto Farnese, gilded box of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese with rock crystal plaques by Giovanni dei Bernardi (between 1543-1544) Detail from the tympanon: Childhood See also: 40-09-01 / 13-22.
EditorialThe " Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis in Sidon. The tympanon of the lid shows two griffins, one male, one female, with eagles' heads and spiked crests. End 5th BCE Marble from Paros, 296,5x253,5x137 cm Inv. 369 T.
EditorialTerracotta statuette of woman playing a tympanon, Late Hellenistic, 2nd?1st century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made, h. 7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is mold-made and hollow. The back is mold-made, but has little detail. She supp...
EditorialCofanetto Farnese, gilded box of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese with rock crystal plaques by Giovanni dei Bernardi (between 1543-1544) Detail from the tympanon: Childhood See also: 40-09-01 / 13-22.
EditorialSCULPTURE ~ GOTHIC ~ 13TH ~ South porch, Chartres Cathedral, tympanon. Christ judge in the center, Saint Mary and Saint John pleading for mankind. Six angels carry the instruments of passion. In the orders of the arch, the nine choirs of the angels.
EditorialTympanon of the Abbey church in Murbach, Alsace. Two lions surrounded by palmette-ornaments. The church was founded in 727 by Saint Pirmin. Since the 12th century, only aristocrates could become monks in Murbach, and all abbots were princes of the Holy...
EditorialNotre Dame de Paris, the portal of the Virgin; left-hand portal of the West facade. Tympanon shows angels lifting Saint Mary from her tomb in the presence of Christ and the apostles; above, the Coronation of the Virgin.
EditorialThe " Golden Gate" of Freiberg " Cathedral to Our Lady". Statues left are: Daniel, Queen of Sheba, King Solomon and John Baptist. Right: Aaron, Bathseba, King David and Nahum. In the tympanon: Saint Mary enthroned, left Three Magi, ...
EditorialChrist enthroned, blessing. In the medallion left Saint Mary, right the archangel Gabriel. The kneeling figure Emperor Leo VI (886-912). Tympanon in the narthex, above the " Emperor's door", one of the nine doors leading from the narthex into...
EditorialInterior of the 12th century St. George's church in Kurbinovo, Mecedonia. Tympanon: Madonna and child; above: Saint Mary with angels and saints. 1191.
EditorialSt. Etienne du Mont, interior, detail of the rood screen. To the right and left of the rood screen, portals and stairs leading to the gallery. 1601-1603. Tympanon: two lambs; in the center the initials " SG", for Saint Genevieve.
EditorialChurch of Saint Magdalen, Vezeley, France. Tympanon of the center portal: Christ spreading the rays of the spirit among the apostles (1120). Above the portal statues of apostles, of the Virgin and of Mary Magdalen.
EditorialGilded shell surrounded by rockwork (rocaille) in a tympanon above a window of the central pavilion, Eremitage Bayreuth (1749-1753), the Rococo small palace of Margravine Wilhelmine, sister of Prussian King Friedrich II.
EditorialCult relief from a sanctuary of Jupiter Dolichenus. Left and right from the tympanon Sun and Moon, inside the temple from left Jupiter Dolichenus on the bull, right Juno Regina on the hind; eagle in the tympanon. Former Roman province Noricum, Austria-...
EditorialThe " Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis in Sidon. The tympanon of the lid shows two griffins, one male, one female, with eagles' heads and spiked crests. End 5th BCE Marble from Paros, 296,5x253,5x137 cm Inv. 369 T.
EditorialTympanon above the western entrance of the second wall of the temples of Banteay Srei (Siemreap), around 967. Angkor period. Sandstone, 196 x 242 cm ka 1660.