ART 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Callicrates, Ictinus, Mnesikles
27 Jul 2018
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An acropolis is a citadel built upon an elevated area of ground. Treasury of delian league - moved to athens (which gives rise to city"s power) The people all live on the same level. The upper level is for the gods. The high classical period (c. 450 - 400 bce) The acropolis - athens, greece (5th century bce) Akropolis - means head of the town or city on high . Pheidias - director of the sculpture program. Combined ionic and doric styles within one building (frieze and metope) Metaphor of the column standing in for the human body. Elgin was the english ambassador who (when he found them) took the finest statues back to london with him. Marble statues that sat on the steps of the parthenon. Centaur w/ arched back in trouble with a human man who"s fighting back, taking down the centaur.
