Erechtheum

Question 1

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Dates

Answer 1

421 - 407/6

Question 2

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Which order + why?

Answer 2

Completely ionic - Sparta was doric and Athens wanted to be against that

Question 3

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Decoration ?

Answer 3

• A continuos ionic frieze and three pediments (east, west, north) but no decoration on them
• Caryatids: choice of one leg bent was purely aesthetic, not to do with support

Question 4

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possible reasons for use of the Caryatids

Answer 4

• might have been considered public or state replacements for the private votives destroyed by the Persians in 480
• Or even replacements for the Caryatids that once stood in Archaic buildings on the Acropolis.
• show skill in sculpting
• Sign of Athenian rebellion/defence

Question 5

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Caryatids significance of their location

Answer 5

They face the Parthenon, looking to the most prominent and important building on the Acropolis. Their profiles even slightly resemble the offering bearing maidens of the Parthenon’s east frieze.

Question 6

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symmetrical?

Answer 6

asymmetrical

Question 7

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Caryatids location on the Erechtheum

Answer 7

South porch

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Frieze materials

Answer 8

Grey Eleusinian limestone in the frieze with Pentelic figures pegged on

Question 9

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Caryatids connection to women?

Answer 9

• important step in female sculpture

- shows the burden of women

Question 10

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Problems faced in building

Answer 10

Construction was halted for the Peloponnesian war which was 431-404