ARTH 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Architrave, Ancient Greek Temple, Peripteros
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Typical layout of greek peripteral temple: porch, Cella: main room containing the cult statue. Bsaic greek temple plans: periptera: temple of aphaia, aegina, Fluted colum, sits directly on the stylobate. Happening more in the colonies than the old greek mainland. Ionic has volute: swirly thing on the top. The delian league, the winners of the persian war. Periclean: vast number of money from delian league and building in. Dedicated to erechteus, kekrops, poseidon, and athena (built 430-405) Almost exactly the time of the peloponisian war. Use of depictions of maidens is rare. Visial colums: instead of making them all the same, slight convexing/swelling in the middle. Presentation of the peplos to athena: statue of athena inside the parthenon. Plays of sophicles, aristophanes, etc were performed. Carried out by the american school of athena. Stoa: multi purpose: museum, putting up copies of laws, shops, workshops,
