Lecture 6: Greek Temples

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Early Greek Temple Architecture
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Megaron becomes the Temple
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Renements in Structure
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The Orders
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700 BC
Map of Mediterranean
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700 BC
Map of Greece
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2000 ~ 1500 BC
Hairpin Megaron
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Megaron
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1400 ~ 1300 BC
The Kings Megaron
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Argos, Greece 8th BC
Early Greek Temple
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750 BC
Early Greek Temple
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
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The Orders of Greek Columns and Temples
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Doric - Developed in Western Greece
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Ionic - Developed in Eastern Greece
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Corinthian - Developed 100 BC at the end of Greek
Empire
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Renements
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Entasis
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Stylobate
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Corner Detail
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Golden Section in Plan and Elevation
Lecture 6: Greek Temples
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
Entasis: a slight convex curve in the shaft of a column,
introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity
produced by a straight shaft.
Stylobate: is the oor of the temple.
Corner Detail: is the a common problem even today.
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
The stylobate or base
has a curvature to
make the appearance
of a at surface.
The columns lean
slightly inward to
appear straight.
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
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Lecture 6: Greek Temples
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Ur (Iraq) 2047-2030
Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu
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Doric Order
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Doric Order
Doric Order was a simple design.
The column sits on the stylobate.
The top of the shaft is simple
connection to the roof structure
(entablature).
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1400 ~ 1300 BC
Palace of Knossos
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Megaron
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Paestum, Italy 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera (Poseidon)
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Olympia, Greece
Plan of Olympia
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Olympia, Greece
Plan of Olympia
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Olympia, Greece
Doric Order
Reconstruction of Olympia
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Olympia, Greece
Doric Order
Olympia
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Olympia, Greece
Doric Order
Olympia
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Olympia, Greece
Doric Order
Temple of Zeus
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Zeus West Pediment
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Zeus
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Zeus
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Zeus
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Olympia, Greece
Doric Order
Scale of Doric Columns
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Temple of Hera
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
The Palaestra
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
The Palaestra
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
The Palaestra
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Walkway to the Stadium
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Olympia, Greece 600 BC
Doric Order
Track
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Ionic Order
1 - entablature
2 - column
3 - cornice
4 - frieze
5 - architrave or epistyle,
6 - capital (abacus and volutes)
7 - shaft
8 - base
9 - stylobate
10 - krepis.
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Doric Order
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Ionic Order
The Ionic columns stand on a base
which separates the shaft of the
column from the stylobate or
platform. The cap usually has volutes.
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Adyton
Ionic Orders
Ionic Column Detail
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Adyton
Ionic Orders
Ionic Column Detail
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Adyton
Ionic Orders
Ionic Column Detail
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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Athens, Greece 159 - 138 BC
Doric/Ionic Orders
Stoa of Attalos
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