Greek Architecture Flashcards
what does Polis and Metropolis mean
polis- City and its people
Metropolis- “mother city”
every greek polis has…
- 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
Name: Marshals and young women
Date: 447-432
Place: Parthenon Athens (east Ionic frieze)
Artist: Workshop of Pheidias
Name: Horsemen
Date: 447-432
Place: Parthenon Athens (north Ionic Frieze
Artist: workshop of Pheidias
Name: Theater
Date: 4th century BCE
Place: Epidauros
Name: Parthenon
Date: 447- 438 BCE
Place: Acropolis Athens
Artist: Iktinos and Kallikrates
Name: Temple of Hera (Basillica)
Date: 550 BCE
Place: Paestum Italy
Name: Reconstruction of Siphnean Treasury
Date: ca 530
Place: Delphi Greece
Name: Porch of Maidens
Date: 430-406 BCE
Place: south proch Erechtheion, Acropolis Athens
Stylobate
A continuous base that supports the rows columns
stereobate
a solid mass of masonry serving as a foundation
Naos/ cella
the sanctuary, innermost chamber of a greek temple
opisthodomos
can refer to the rear room or the inner shrine of the temple
peripteral
adjective ( a building) having a single row of pillars on all sides of the building
Peristyle
(noun) having a single row of pillars on all sides of the building
Symmetira
making things balanced
entasis
a slight curve in the shaft of a column, used to correct the visual illusion of concavity
Parts of a column
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
what are the 3 types of columns and their parts
