Greek Architecture Vocabulary
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Greek Architecture Vocabulary
• Doric• Ionic• Corinthian• Entablature• Pediment• Cornice• Frieze• Iktinos• Kallikrates
• Peristyle• Entasis• Refinements• Propylaia• Parthenon• Pan-Athenaic Procession• Erectheion• Pheidias
Temple of Hera II, Paestum, Italy, 470-460 BCE
Plan, Temple of Hera II
• Naos or Cella
• Pronaos• Stylobate• Peristyle
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Temple of Artemis, Corfu, 600-580 BCE
•Pediment
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, 500-490 BCE
Detail, Temple of Aphaia
• Doric capital• Triglyph• Metope• Dentilation (dentils)• Entasis
Model, Temple of Aphaia
Wounded Soldiers, Temple of Aphaia
Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Pediment Detail, ca. 470-460 BCE
The Acropolis• Ca. 530 BCE Construction of the Archaic Acropolis• 490 BCE Victory of the Athenians over the Persians
at the battle of Marathon• 490 BCE Construction of the older Parthenon• 480 BCE Persian sack of Athens by Xerxes• 479 BCE Persians expelled from Athens• Oath of Plataia, Delian League• 447 BCE construction of the new Parthenon
The Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Model of the Acropolis
Iktinos and Kallikrates, The Parthenon, 447-438 BCE, Classical
Reconstruction of the Athena Parthenos by Phidias,
438 BCE
Phidias, The Ionic Frieze,Pan-Athenaic Procession
Phidias, Ionic Freize, East end, Presentation of the Peplos to Athena
Phidias, Metopes, Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs
Phidias, East Pediment: The Pantheon, Birth of Athena
Phidias, West Pediment: The Contest between Athena and Poseidon
The Erectheion, 421-405 BCE
The Porch of the Maidens, 421-405 BCE
•Caryatids
Kallikrates, Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, 427-424 BCE
• Ionic Order
Pheidias, Nike adjusting her
sandal, Temple of Athena Nike,
Acropolis, 410 BCE
•Parapet•Balustrade
Polykleitos the Younger, Theater, Classical, Epidauros, 350 BCE
Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, ca. 175 BCE
Monument to Lysikrates, Classical, Athens, 334 BCE