1. Ancient Greek Architecture Doric Ionic Corinthian

2. Temple Architecture Cult statue was kept in the cella with access restricted to priests (similar to Egypt and Mesopotamia) Rectangular Very organized Columns part of post and lintel construction Little light inside enhances sense of mystery Pediments with sculpture celebrating the god housed inside

3. Shrines Tholos, Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, Delphi, 400 BCE Placed in front of larger temple of Apollo Unsure of the purpose of the building Tholos was circular, although the vast majority of Greek architecture was rectangular

4. Types of Temple Architecture Not a linear timeline; many temples combined types; Ionic more popular in Asia Minor; Doric more popular on Mainland

5. Architectural Elements Frieze Architrave

6. Which style? Which period? West pediment, Temple of Artemis

7. Early Temple Notice the Caryatids

8. Acropolis Hill with temple complex

9. Re-creation of acropolis at Athena Study page 147 of Stokstad for details Know the Buildings with Yellow Arrows

10. Parthenon Key Details X = 2y + 1 seen throughout (6 columns in front = 13 on side and ratio of length to width = 9:4) Stylobate (floor) curves upward at middle to drain water and counteract optical illusion IONIC elements (interior frieze and inner room columns) in a DORIC temple Massive statue of Athena inside cella

11. Parthenon, Athens, Greece, 447-438 BCE, marble. Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates Political Leader: Perikles Lead Sculptor: Pheidias

12. Porch of the Maidens, Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athena Marks the spot where Athena battled Poseidon in a contest for Athens (she gave an olive tree and won) Caryatids in procession towards Parthenon Ionic architecture

13. Blinged-out Athena

14. Pediment Sculpture, Parthenon

15. Metope Sculpture (left), Horsehead from pediment (right)

16. Theater, Polykleitos (he of the Canon of Proportion!), Epidauros, 350 BCE Plays were important on feast days and as contests; perfect acoustics – 12,000 could hear; audience encircles stage on 3 sides

17. Pergamon Alter, from Pergamon in Asia Minor, 175 BCE reflects Panathenaic Frieze in Parthenon – 400 feet long, 7.5 feet high – Pergamon victory over the barbarians; Ionic