AHCL 2105H Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Doric Order, Scopas, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority

• School: Trent University
• Department: Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
• Course: AHCL 2105H
• Professor: Lockwood Sean

Document Summary

Temple of apollo c. 400: at bassae in arcadia. Site is historically unimportant: building is important. Temple is oriented north to south (most are east- west: reason is debated- plan was changed because of this. In the back of the cella there is door that faces the east (cult statue could sill face east) Constructed in a mixture of orders (outside is doric, inside is ionic); temple as a coninuous ionic frieze inside (evidence of. Earliest corinthian column appears in the back, only one is. Corinthian the rest are ionic (disrupts the view of the cult statue) Frieze from the interior of the cella is well preserved and compared to friezes in. Foreshortening- coming out of the frieze at us. Ambiious frieze chaoic and dramaic compared to athens. Depicts two themes: centauromachy- batle between centaurs and humans, amazonomachy- batle between greeks and amazons. Lycia- very strategic locaion, trade and army ships go around here.