CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Corbel Arch, Lion Gate, Discharging Arch
22 Sep 2016
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Megaron = large reception hall, focus of mycenaean palace complexes. Anta (plural = antae) = projecting spur walls in the front of a porch or room. Distyle in antis = two columns placed between antae. Relieving triangle = void left above lintel block to alleviate weight. Corbelled vault = vault constructed by set of concentric courses of stones that. Tholos = round building progressively decrease in diameter. Lion gate & fortification wall built c. 1250 bc. Lionesses in heraldic pose (heads in wood) = engage viewer. Post & lintel (5m long - 20 tonnes (20,000 kg) Monumental scale = designed to impress/av (both welcoming & forbidding) Before that schliemann excavated troy (trojan war) Lion gate is relieving triangle and corbelled vault. Propylon, courtyard, porch/antae with two columns in antis, vestibule, megaron with hearth. Centre for sacrifice = centre of religious activities. Corbelled dome = masonry style of blocked in concentric circles decreasing in diameter used to close cone with dome.
