Greek Architecture Flashcards

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what does Polis and Metropolis mean

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polis- City and its people

Metropolis- “mother city”

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every greek polis has…

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  • agora- public open space for assemblies and markets
  • bouleuterion- building for counsils of citizens
  • public altars
  • temples and processional ways
  • theaters
  • gymnasia and palestrae
  • Defensive Structures
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Name: Marshals and young women

Date: 447-432

Place: Parthenon Athens (east Ionic frieze)

Artist: Workshop of Pheidias

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Name: Horsemen

Date: 447-432

Place: Parthenon Athens (north Ionic Frieze

Artist: workshop of Pheidias

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Name: Theater

Date: 4th century BCE

Place: Epidauros

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Name: Parthenon

Date: 447- 438 BCE

Place: Acropolis Athens

Artist: Iktinos and Kallikrates

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Name: Temple of Hera (Basillica)

Date: 550 BCE

Place: Paestum Italy

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Name: Reconstruction of Siphnean Treasury

Date: ca 530

Place: Delphi Greece

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Name: Porch of Maidens

Date: 430-406 BCE

Place: south proch Erechtheion, Acropolis Athens

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10
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Stylobate

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A continuous base that supports the rows columns

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stereobate

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a solid mass of masonry serving as a foundation

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Naos/ cella

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the sanctuary, innermost chamber of a greek temple

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13
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opisthodomos

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can refer to the rear room or the inner shrine of the temple

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14
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peripteral

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adjective ( a building) having a single row of pillars on all sides of the building

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15
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Peristyle

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(noun) having a single row of pillars on all sides of the building

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16
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Symmetira

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making things balanced

17
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entasis

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a slight curve in the shaft of a column, used to correct the visual illusion of concavity

18
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Parts of a column

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acroterion

triglyph

architrave- the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals

abacus

echinus

necking

metope

drum- pieces that make up the main part of the column

19
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what are the 3 types of columns and their parts

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