FAH207H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Athena Promachos, Panathenaic Amphora, Ancient Greek Temple
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Glory of athena as she is the protectress of the city. Fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)ed as a t(cid:396)easu(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:894)(cid:271)uildi(cid:374)g that kept the (cid:272)it(cid:455)"s (cid:449)ealth(cid:895) Monument of victory against the persians (a heightened expression of civic, greek pride) Greek architecture always aligned east and west; the front is aligned to the east so people must walk around it to enter. View from the west (cid:862)a(cid:396)opagas(cid:863) the rock of aries. Greeks invented myth of invasion of amazon warriors (and camped at this ground) Time around when athens started building many monuments. Art of pericles addressing citizens, pointing to the parthenon. Left is a roman copy of a bust of pericles. Given after first year of persian war between athens and sparta. Erechthelon, athena promachos, propylaea, temple of athena nike. Hard time to put it back together and restore it (cid:862)opti(cid:272)al (cid:396)efi(cid:374)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) nothing in the building is in right angles; everything is slightly off because.
