1. Greek Architecture Vocabulary
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Entablature
Pediment
Cornice
Frieze
Iktinos
Kallikrates
Peristyle
Entasis
Refinements
Propylaia
Parthenon
Pan-Athenaic Procession
Erectheion
Pheidias

2. Temple of Hera II, Paestum, Italy, 470-460 BCE
Progression of Architecture-Italian work-egyptian influence
Earliest temples are mud brick and wood-no longer exist and had no architectural sculpture
Archaic period uses stone and marble
Temple of Hera Dedicated to Hera, Housed her cult statue
SImilarities to Mycenaean megaron-citadel of Tyrins
Insistence n proportional perfection: old temples 1:3, later 1:2
Sculpture on upper part: Frieze and Pediment parts with no structural function
Columns swell Entasis, peristyle, Doric very heavy imposing feel
Sculpture is more iconic, not narrative, possibly to ward off evil-doers
pg. 162 medusa pediment temple of Artemis at Corfu,
Temple of Hera II, Paestum, Italy, BCE

4. Plan, Temple of Hera II Naos or Cella Pronaos Stylobate Peristyle
Note diagrams on page 116 of your text

6. Temple of Artemis, Corfu, 600-580 BCE
Pediment

7. Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, 500-490 BCE

8. Detail, Temple of Aphaia
Doric capital
Triglyph
Metope
Dentilation (dentils)
Entasis

9. Model, Temple of Aphaia

10. Wounded Soldiers, Temple of Aphaia

11. Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Pediment Detail, ca. 470-460 BCE

12. 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

13. The Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Movement from west to east from least to most religious

14. Model of the Acropolis

15. Iktinos and Kallikrates, The Parthenon, 447-438 BCE, Classical

16. Reconstruction of the Athena Parthenos
by Phidias,
438 BCE
The statue itself is made of ivory and gold. In the middle of her helmet is placed an image of the Sphinx and on either side of it are griffins in relief The statue of Athena stands upright, dressed in a full-length chiton, and on her breast a head of Medusa is represented in ivory. She carries a statue of Nike about 4 cubits [6 feet] high, and a spear in the other hand; a shield is placed by her feet, and near the shield is a serpent. This serpent would be Erichtonios. On the base of the image is represented the Birth of Pandora in relief. Pausanias Description of Greece, Book I, Attica

17. Phidias, The Ionic Frieze, Pan-Athenaic Procession

18. Phidias, Ionic Freize, East end, Presentation of the Peplos to Athena

19. Phidias, Metopes, Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs

20. Phidias, East Pediment: The Pantheon, Birth of Athena

21. Phidias, West Pediment: The Contest between Athena and Poseidon

22. The Erectheion, BCE
Housed multiple shrines and wooden idol statue of Athena
Site of mythological contest between Athena and Poseidon
Porch of the Maidens-caryatids replace ionic columns, combination of form and function

23. The Porch of the Maidens, 421-405 BCE
Housed multiple shrines and wooden idol statue of Athena
Site of mythological contest between Athena and Poseidon
Porch of the Maidens-caryatids replace ionic columns, combination of form and function
The Porch of the Maidens, BCE
Caryatids

24. Kallikrates, Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, 427-424 BCE
Ionic Order

25. Nike adjusting her sandal, Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, 410 BCE
Pheidias,
Nike adjusting her sandal,
Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, 410 BCE
Parapet
Balustrade

26. Polykleitos the Younger, Theater, Classical, Epidauros, 350 BCE

27. Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, ca. 175 BCE

28. Monument to Lysikrates, Classical, Athens, 334 BCE
Corinthian capitals had been used as early as the 5th century bc for interior religious buildings-possibly cult statue or lining the interior