Three architectural orders Doric Ionic Corinthian Seeking harmony and balance Great influence in later architectural forms: Renaissance, Greek Revival (Neoclassic)
Summary of features: Simple capitols Wide, solid columns Divided frieze (into metopes and triglyphs)
Summary of features: More slender columns Capitol in the shape of a volute Undivided frieze
Summary of features: Acanthus leaves in capitol Undivided frieze
Ionic Corinthian Doric
Athens reemerges from the Persian wars as a ruling power. The treasury of the Delian league is transferred to Athens. Pericles starts the reconstruction of the Acropolis ( BCE).
Porch of the Maidens
Public building project Athena as protector of Athens Political ideology regarding the barbaroi : iconography Political ideology: Panathenaic festival and the community: civic pride/identity Artistic arete : best architects (Ictinus, Callicrates and Mnesicles) and sculptor (Phidias)
Archaic Style (6 th century) Severe Style (early 5 th century) High Classical Style (5 th century) Fourth Century Style(4 th century) Hellenistic(3 rd - 2 nd centuries)
Rigidity Frontality Symmetry Egyptian influence Interest in human body No motion Archaic smile Kouros, kore
Interest in human body Contrapposto More relaxed posture No motion
Depiction of the perfect human body Canon of proportions Restrained motion Contrapposto Incipient curve Doryphoros ( BCE, by Polykleitos)
Pediment of the Parthenon ( BCE ) by Phidias Diskobolos ( BCE) by Myron
Dionysia: competition in Athens 3 tragedies and one satyr-play Chorus: group who dances and sings
Actors: Only 3 or 4. Actors: Males wearing masks
Tragedy: Theme: Mortals cannot escape pain and sorrow Objective: To arouse pity and horror Cathartic (purging) effect Themes: legends of ancient dynasties Originality lies in the treatment not in the plot
Main Athenian dramatists: AeschylusPersians, Oresteia SophoclesAntigone, Oedipus EuripidesMedea AristophanesLysistrata (comedy)