“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
Ground Plan Elevation Temple of Hera II, Paestum Section Architectural Diagrams
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, 490 BCE
Post and Lintel Corbel Arch Architectural Systems
Mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Old Kingdom, c BCE engaged columns fluting Evolution of the Greek Temple
peripertal
Naos (Cella) Pronaos (Porch) Colonnade (Peristyle) (opisthodomos) Part of a Greek Temple
Elevation of a Greek Temple – Orders of Classical Architecture
Pediment Frieze Capital
MetopeTriglyph
Early Classical Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, 490 BCE Archaic Temple of Hera I, Paestum, 550 BCE Evolution of Peripertal Temple
Temple of Hera II, Paestum, 460 BCE Temple of Hera I, Paestum, 550 BCE Parthenon, Athens, BCE Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, 490 BCE Archaic Early Classical High Classical
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
ParthenonTemple of Hera I Temple of Hera II Evolution of Ratios in Elevation