Parthenon terminology Flashcards
What is the back porch of a temple called?
Opisthodomos
What is the front porch of a temple called ?
Pronaos
What are the triangular parts of a temple called?
Pediments
What order are the columns?
Doric
What style is the Parthenon?
Doric with Ionic features
What is the purpose of the Parthenon?
Dual function: House for Athena/trophy for Athens
What room did the Athena Parthenos statue reside?
Naos/cella
What is the difference in the frieze with ionic and Doric orders?
Ionic - either continuously patterned or continuously blank
Doric - made of metopes and triglyphs
What is the top step of a temple called?
Stylobate
What is entasis?
Swelling of the doric column base
What is the Athena Parthenos statue made out of?
Chryselephantine sculpture
Who is the lead sculpture?
Under the supervision of the architect and sculptor Phidias
Who were the architects?
Architects: Iktinos, Callicrates
What are metopes and triglyphs?
Distinct of Doric order
Triglyphs - pattern depicting old wooden beams
Metopes - sculpture on frieze
What is depicted on the Doric frieze?
Battles different in narrative but bounded thematically
