LARC-1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ionic Order, Manorialism, Teotihuacan
22 Nov 2017
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Religious temples built for worshipping the gods. Magnificence of ancient greek architecture lies in evolving the simple concept of post and lintel. Greek architectural spaces were mostly rectangular, easily covered with post and lintel system: theatre (negative space, agora (urban space) Was the largest, most important public urban space. In athens it commanded central location near the. It lacked the sense of formal design. Corinthian column: temple of olympian zeus, theatre and genius loci. An architectural space that evolved in greece. Great integration with the landscape (genius loci: genius loci. Genius loci has been the enduring legacy of. Greece in landscape design: it is the recognition and expression of the spirit od a place , architecture stood for geometric order, landscape for natural order, greeks brought the two opposites in harmony, examples, athens. Map showing the attic plain and location of athens. Map of athens 5th century bc: parthenon, acropolis.
