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A Study in Greek Architecture:

A Study in Greek Architecture:. Some important questions to ask:. -- How do we describe the outside of buildings?. -- What values are expressed through beatiful architecture?. Cornice. Entablature. Frieze. Architrave. Abacus. Capital. Column. Shaft.

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A Study in Greek Architecture:

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  1. A Study in Greek Architecture:

  2. Some important questions to ask: -- How do we describe the outside of buildings? -- What values are expressed through beatiful architecture?

  3. Cornice Entablature Frieze Architrave Abacus Capital Column Shaft The Parthenon, Athens (448 - 432 BC)

  4. Three Types or Orders Of Columns The Doric Order • simplest style • plain round capitals • short heavy columns • ex. The Parthenon Greece

  5. The Parthenon, Athens (448 - 432 BC)

  6. Temple of Apollo at Corinth, Greece • one of the earliest stone-built Doric temples • Monolithic columns ( lithos= stone)

  7. The Ionic Order • Tall slender columns • Large base • Two opposed volutes • volute = scroll shaped

  8. Erectheum (4th century) on the Acropolis

  9. Temple to Athena Nike (Victory) • (4th century) on the Acropolis

  10. The Corinthian Order • most ornate type • decorated with leaves • and four scrolls • Ex. Pantheon in Rome

  11. The Pantheon (1st centure B.C.) Rome, Italy

  12. The Dome

  13. -- How has classical architecture influenced building styles?

  14. Cornice Entablature Frieze Architrave Abacus Capital Column Shaft The Parthenon, Athens (448 - 432 BC)

  15. The Jefferson Memorial DC (1943) Washington, DC

  16. St George’s Hall, Liverpool 1854 Originally built as Law Courts and a venue for musical festivals

  17. Royal Institution, London (1837) Dedicated to scientific research and scientific education Columns? Corinthian Order

  18. British Museum, London (1847)

  19. The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford The Ashmolean is Britain’s oldest museum. This part of the building was erected in 1845.

  20. The National Archives (1935) Washington, DC

  21. The Lincoln Memorial (1922) Washington, DC

  22. Look familiar???

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