CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Caryatid, Ictinus, Polykleitos

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 1002
• Professor: J.J.Gahan

Document Summary

Doric frieze > triglyphs + metopes, ionic frieze > plain or continuously carved. The propylaea 427 bce: large staircase leading up to fa ade of doric columns / temple, built by mnesicles. Attributed to the mycenaean megaron with its porch, vestibule, and main room (megaron proper) Interior porch followed by vestibule and long cella (megaron proper) with columns everywhere (colonade); occasionally have a back decorative porch as well: porch = procella, back porch = opisthodomus the cella. Temples generally face east on a three step platform with forest of columns enclosing area for deity in. Stylobate > flat platform that supports the columns. Capital > mediates between the column and the load above it. Temple of athena nike (420 bce: built by callicrates, small temple, 5 x 8, no columns, ionic frieze, temple walls (walls of cella) make no room for colonnade.