ancient greece: architecture and sculpture
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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