EditorialHeracles and the Giant Antaios, who gained new strength whenever he touched the earth, i. e. his mother Gaia. Heracles strangled him while holding him above ground. Red-figured Attic cup, early 5th BCE. Terracotta. Height: 8.8 cm, diameter: 21.7 cm Inv...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants. Athena taking the young Alcyoneus by the hair while his mother, Gaia...
EditorialAthena fights Gaia's sons while Gaia, Goddess of the Earth, emerges from below and tends a hand to one of her fallen sons. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
EditorialCoribanths beating their shields; the infant Zeus, fed by the goat Amalthea; and the earthgoddess Gaia sitting in the background. Relief from the base of a marble statue (1st CE) .
EditorialGaia Caecilia or Tanaquil and other women, at a loom, spinning. De claris mulieribus. Early 15th century. Source: Royal 16 G. V, f.56. Language: French.
EditorialView of Porto from the West, with barges sailing on the Douro estuary in the foreground. Crowds watching from the shore by the old city walls on the left, Muralhas Fernandinas above, Vila Nova de Gaia on the right, and troops crossing a bridge by which...
EditorialHercules and Antaios, a giant in Libya, son of Poseidon and Gaia, the Earth Goddess. Antaios regains superhuman strength by touching his mother Earth, but Hercules strangles him while holding him high. Detail. See also 40-07-11 / 24. Bronze, height 43....
EditorialHercules and Antaios (detail), a giant in Libya, son of Poseidon and Gaia, the Earth Goddess. Antaios regains superhuman strength by touching his mother Earth, but Hercules strangles him while holding him high above ground. See also 40-07-11 / 24. H: 4...
EditorialHeracles and the Giant Antaios, who gained new strength whenever he touched the earth, i. e. his mother Gaia. Heracles strangled him while holding him above ground. Red-figured Attic cup, early 5th BCE. Terracotta. Height: 8.8 cm, diameter: 21.7 cm Inv...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants. Athena taking the young Alcyoneus by the hair while his mother, Gaia...
EditorialAltarpiece of Saint James of the parish of Vallespinosa (Santa Perpetua de Gaia) by Joan Mates (active 1361-1431). Gothic style. Nativity of Jesus. Diocesan Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain.
EditorialPiazza del Campo, Siena, Italy, showing the Fonte Gaia and the Torre del Mangia. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris,...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants. Athena taking the young Alcyoneus by the hair while his mother, Gaia...
EditorialHercules and Antaios, a giant in Libya, son of Poseidon and Gaia, the Earth Goddess. Antaios regains superhuman strength by touching his mother Earth, but Hercules strangles him while holding him high. Detail. See also 40-07-11 / 24. Bronze, height 43....
EditorialHercules and Antaios (detail), a giant in Libya, son of Poseidon and Gaia, the Earth Goddess. Antaios regains superhuman strength by touching his mother Earth, but Hercules strangles him while holding him high above ground. See also 40-07-11 / 24. H: 4...
EditorialHeracles and the Giant Antaios, who gained new strength whenever he touched the earth, i. e. his mother Gaia. Heracles strangled him while holding him above ground. Red-figured Attic cup, early 5th BCE. Terracotta. Height: 8.8 cm, diameter: 21.7 cm Inv...
EditorialCoribanths beating their shields; the infant Zeus, fed by the goat Amalthea; and the earthgoddess Gaia sitting in the background. Relief from the base of a marble statue (1st CE) .
EditorialAthena fights Gaia's sons while Gaia, Goddess of the Earth, emerges from below and tends a hand to one of her fallen sons. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.