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2 “Gods and temples are not easily instituted, and to establish them rightly is the work of a mighty intellect.” -Plato “The site should be a spot seen far and wide, which gives due elevation to virtue and towers over the neighborhood.” -Aristotle

3 Ground Plan Elevation Temple of Hera II, Paestum Section Architectural Diagrams

4 Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, 490 BCE

5 Post and Lintel Corbel Arch Architectural Systems

6 Mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Old Kingdom, c. 2775 BCE engaged columns fluting Evolution of the Greek Temple

7 peripertal

8 Naos (Cella) Pronaos (Porch) Colonnade (Peristyle) (opisthodomos) Part of a Greek Temple

9 Elevation of a Greek Temple – Orders of Classical Architecture

10 Pediment Frieze Capital

11 MetopeTriglyph

12 Early Classical Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, 490 BCE Archaic Temple of Hera I, Paestum, 550 BCE Evolution of Peripertal Temple

13 Temple of Hera II, Paestum, 460 BCE Temple of Hera I, Paestum, 550 BCE Parthenon, Athens, 448-432 BCE Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, 490 BCE Archaic Early Classical High Classical

14 6:16 ~1:3 6:12 1:2 10:21 Parthenon 8:17 (6:13) (7:15) X = 2y + 1 Evolution of Ratios in Ground Plan

15 ParthenonTemple of Hera I Temple of Hera II Evolution of Ratios in Elevation


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