AR_H_A 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pediment, Tempeh, Glossary Of Architecture
30 May 2016
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Thermon, temple of apollo, with teracotta metopes 630 bce. Maybe one of the earliest sites with the doric order coming together. If you have metopes that is a sign you have a doric superstructure. Metope: aedon nightingale and chelidoon swallow with itys. : reminder of social orders, protection of the family. Columns are very wide, short and monolific (to support tableture) The heiht of the column is about the same as the height from the top of the column to the roof peak. Pediment from the tempe of artimus 590. Snake hair medusa next to children : peguses and. Tells her story, suggest whats to happen next: killed by perseus. The corinthians establish what a gorgon will look like from now on. Wide-faced, tusks, big eyes, hanging tongue, and evil smile. These animals remind us that the temple is for. Interpretation: order, protection : wildlife, artemis, and the realm. What they start to fill space with.
