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REARING HORSE AND RIDER

Parthenon frieze Southwest portion Acropolis, Athens 442-438 B.C. Acropolis Museum, Athens The frieze is in low relief, about one and one half inches deep and three feet four inches high. In the beginning of the procession at the west end of the south side, as some men mount their horses and prepare to move, one horse rears its legs in wild fear a...

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Detail, CELLA WALL

Erechtheum Mnesicles (?) Acropolis, Athens 421-405 B.C. This ornamental frieze runs along the cella wall. The pattern consists of stylized lotus blooms, palmettes, and finishing tendrils as well as egg-and-dart and leaf-and-dart carvings....

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CHORAGIC MONUMENT

Athens 334 B.C. The earliest surviving Greek building with Corinthian columns on the exterior, the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates was built in 334 B.C. Lysicrates, a choragus at the theatre, was someone who was chosen to have the honor of paying for a chorus. The building commemorated the winning of the prize for the best play....

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SANCTUARY OF APOLLO: Delphi 6th century B.C.

The sanctuary of the god Apollo is laid out on the slopes of Mount Parnassos, under the craggy Rocks of Phaedriades and the overlooking Pleistos Gorge. The temple is on the bottom left and diagonally above it are the theatre and stadium....

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ACROPOLIS

Athens Second half 5th century B.C. The Acropolis means the highest city. Originally it was a fortress, a place of protection. During a peaceful period in the second half of the fifth century B.C., under the leadership of Pericles and the artistic supervision of Phidias,the Athenians built their sanctuary to Athena on the old acropolis site, high ...

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PARTHENON

By Ictinus and Callicrates From the northwest Acropolis, Athens 447-432 B.C. Dedicated to the virgin Athena Parthenos, the great Parthenon was designed by the architects Ictinus and Callicrates and built over the years 447-432 B.C. Basically it is a simple rectangular building, 237 feet long by 110 1/2 feet wide, with Doric columns around its four...

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YOUNG MEN AND ANIMALS

Parthenon frieze North side Acropolis, Athens 442-438 B.C. Acropolis Museum, Athens At a moment of great delicacy, young men dressed in full-length himatia walk beside these massive animals. Perhaps this relief was executed by Phidias himself....

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Detail, ORNAMENT

Erechtheum Mnesicles (?) Acropolis, Athens 421-405 B.C. A detail of above....

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DORIC COLUMNS: Temple of Apollo, Corinth 540 B.C.

The column is the basic element in Greek architecture. It is both structural and sculptural. There are three types or orders of column. The oldest, dating to about 600 B.C., is the Doric. Normally standing right on the floor, the shaft is made of a series of drums which are rounded, doweled together, tapered up--ward and fluted, usually twenty time...

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EXAMPLES OF TEMPLE STYLES

The basic model of the Greek temple is the four sided cella. To the simplest cella was added a porch or pronaos: the simple megarons shown at the right. The extension of the cella walls are the antae. As temples grew in size, columns were added between the antae to support the roof as illustrated in the drawing of a megaron with columns. In the pro...

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