ancient greece: architecture and sculpture

Ancient Greece:

Architecture and SculptureThe Greeks considered their temples dwelling places for the gods. The highest goal for the Greeks was appeasing the

gods in hopes that the gods would bestow rewards on them. Oracles and omens were an important part of their religious practices. The marble temples were painted brightly in rich

colors, but time has worn off the original colors.

Lintel

Post

Greek buildings utilized the Post-and-Lintel system.

Parts of a Greek Temple

Platform

Pediment

Lintel

Iktinos, Kallikrates, and Karpion. The Parthenon (view from the west), Akropolis, Athens. 448 - 432 BCE.

Doric Order

The earliest and most basic styleBanned Frieze (ABA pattern)Emphasis on stability and graceMassive and weightyHeavy use of entasis-where the column appears thicker at the base. Etymology: ‘to strain’

Ionic Order

Kallikrates, Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, c. 421 - 405 BCE.

Fairly fluid style, more decorativeCapital carved into double scrolls like ram hornsSuited only for small temples initiallyLight and graceful

Continuous friezesThinner column shafts

Corinthian OrderTemple of Olympian ZeusAthens, Greecec. 500 BCE

Capitals elongatedWith curly shoots and leaves (Complex & organic)Invented in the late 5th century by a metalworker named KallimachosBecame the standard capital for Roman architects

Porch of the Maidens, the Erechtheum, Akropolis, Athens. 421 - 405 BC. Caryatid = a sculptured female figure used as an architectural support

Find a piece of architecture located somewhere in North Carolina that uses the Greek Post-and-Lintel Temple Structure.

You must find:

A picture of the buildingName of buildingDate builtLocation*Identify which order/or combination of orders have been used and explain which characteristics cause you to think so.

The Wilkes Heritage Museum The original courthouse was built in 1902Wilkesboro, NCIonic Order- Columns have a base, scrolled capital, and continuous frieze