DFN 2111: Marietta MonaghanJay GarrellSusan Kang

Aaron HoopesDavid Dreher

Built between 447BC – 432BCBuilt on top of the previous temple that was

destroyed as a replacementBuilt for the goddess AthenaBelieved to have been directed by statesman,

PericlesArchitects: Ictinos, Callicrates, and Phidias

Designer: Ictinus

Designer/Builder: Callicrates

Sculptor/Decorative: Phidias

Doric Fluted columns with no base Triglyph & metope entablatures Masculine styles

Materials Everything except for wooden roof beams & interior ceilings are marble

100,000 tons of marble quarried 11 miles northeast of central Athens Dimensions

Measured by the top step of the base, the building is 101.34 feet (30.89 meters) wide and 228.14 feet (69.54 meters) long.

Periteral: columns all around the perimeter (wings) Octastyle

8 columns on East & West; 17 columns on North & South Interior spaces

Ionic Columns Pronaos Double Cella

Smaller west cella with 4 columns Larger east cella with 9 columns along the sides and 5 columns along the back

Housed the large Athena statue Opisthodomos

None of the horizontal lines are absolutely straight

Four sides of the foundation have a slight upward curve in the center

Columns slightly swell outwards as if straining under heavy weight

Every column leans in ever so slightlyIf corner columns were to continue, they would

meet 1 ½ miles above the EarthSurfaces sanded to hide imperfections

Marble tilesUniquely thin tiles (3cm thick) appear almost

translucentLaconian style roof with concave tegula (pan)

tiles and convex imbricle (cover) tilesWood BeamsAntefixes

Placed between alternate rows of roof tiles to hide appearance of clutter along the roof

Use of pulleys and wooden cranesUsed to haul and lift marble blocksNaval technology; Athenians were the greatest

naval power in the AegeanOxen were used to bring marble slabs to siteHauled up the side of the Acropolis by rolling

on top of logs