Visual Arts History 2247E Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Perachora, Portico, Apse
30 Oct 2017
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Not a decorative feature had purpose. At the end of the mycenaean age there was a loss of freestanding temple structures. Worshipping in open air later structures were built and became important sites. Often in caves or on mountains where the greeks believed the gods lived. Ida, crete (where zeus was raised, according to myth: offerings dating to 3000 bc, evidence of use for 5000 years, mt. Greeks began building specialized buildings for worship in the 8c (temple: modest, single room with shallow porch. Perachora, corinth and heraim, argos dedicated to hera. Perachora single room, pitched roof, apsidal(rounded end) Would have held a statue of hera. Decorated similar to greek pottery of the time. The pediment would have later been decorated with sculpture. This is where the two aristocratic brothers died to preserve their youth (myth) Discovered a clay model of the building. More pottery decoration argument for the plastering over of limestone.
