Olympia, Metope 7: Boar (2.5D)

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This richly colored metope originally adorned the east entrance of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia (circa 460 BCE); its fragments are now housed at the Olympia Archaeological Museum and the Louvre. It is a key component of a series illustrating the twelve labors of Heracles. The original metope was carved in high relief; its color palette has been carefully selected through research and artistic judgment. "The seventh labor...depicts Herakles dominating King Eurystheus by brandishing the boar, which he has just captured in the Erymanthean mountains, above his head. Eurystheus has leaped into a pithos to conceal himself....The Olympia metope showcases its Early Classical style through an emphasis on simple geometric forms: the horizontal boar, the vertical tree on the left, and the strong diagonal of Herakles' body slicing across the square." Additional information can be found at https://goo.gl/YQHGk5. Tools used include Cinema 4D, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop.