lecture 6 greek temples
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
✤ Early Greek Temple Architecture✤ Megaron becomes the Temple
✤ Refinements in Structure
✤ The Orders
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700 BC
Map of Mediterranean
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700 BC
Map of Greece
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2000 ~ 1500 BC
Hairpin Megaron
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Megaron
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1400 ~ 1300 BC
The King’s Megaron
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Argos, Greece 8th BC
Early Greek Temple
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750 BC
Early Greek Temple
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
✤ The Orders of Greek Columns and Temples
✤ Doric - Developed in Western Greece
✤ Ionic - Developed in Eastern Greece
✤ Corinthian - Developed 100 BC at the end of Greek Empire
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✤ Refinements✤ Entasis
✤ Stylobate
✤ Corner Detail
✤ Golden Section in Plan and Elevation
Lecture 6: Greek Temples
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
Entasis: a slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft.
Stylobate: is the floor of the temple.
Corner Detail: is the a common problem even today.
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
The stylobate or base has a curvature to make the appearance of a flat surface.
The columns lean slightly inward to appear straight.
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
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Ur (Iraq) 2047-2030
Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu
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Doric Order
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Doric Order
Doric Order was a simple design. The column sits on the stylobate. The top of the shaft is simple connection to the roof structure (entablature).
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1400 ~ 1300 BC
Palace of Knossos
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Megaron
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Olympia, Greece
Plan of Olympia
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Olympia, Greece
Plan of Olympia
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Olympia, Greece
Doric Order
Reconstruction of Olympia
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Olympia, Greece
Doric Order
Olympia
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Olympia, Greece
Doric Order
Olympia
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Olympia, Greece
Doric Order
Temple of Zeus
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Zeus West Pediment
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Zeus
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Zeus
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Zeus
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Olympia, Greece
Doric Order
Scale of Doric Columns
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
The Palaestra
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
The Palaestra
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
The Palaestra
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Walkway to the Stadium
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Track
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Ionic Order1 - entablature2 - column3 - cornice4 - frieze5 - architrave or epistyle, 6 - capital (abacus and volutes)7 - shaft8 - base9 - stylobate10 - krepis.
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Doric Order
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Ionic Order
The Ionic columns stand on a base which separates the shaft of the column from the stylobate or platform. The cap usually has volutes.
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Adyton
Ionic Orders
Ionic Column Detail
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Adyton
Ionic Orders
Ionic Column Detail
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Adyton
Ionic Orders
Ionic Column Detail
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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