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    The document provides an overview of classical Greek architecture from the Minoan and Mycenaean periods through Hellenistic times. Some key points covered include: - Minoan architecture featured large palaces like King Minos' palace at Knossos, which had over 800 rooms arranged around a central courtyard. - Mycenaean citadels and tombs like the Treasury of Atreus influenced later Greek styles. - The Parthenon and other structures on the Acropolis of Athens built in the 5th century BC epitomized classical Greek architecture with their emphasis on simplicity, harmony, and proportion. - Other famous works included the Temple of Zeus at Olympia and the

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    The document provides an overview of classical Greek architecture from the Minoan and Mycenaean periods through Hellenistic times. Some key points covered include: - Minoan architecture featured large palaces like King Minos' palace at Knossos, which had over 800 rooms arranged around a central courtyard. - Mycenaean citadels and tombs like the Treasury of Atreus influenced later Greek styles. - The Parthenon and other structures on the Acropolis of Athens built in the 5th century BC epitomized classical Greek architecture with their emphasis on simplicity, harmony, and proportion. - Other famous works included the Temple of Zeus at Olympia and the

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    Classical Greek Architecture

    Загружено:

    Felix Albit Ogabang Iii
    The document provides an overview of classical Greek architecture from the Minoan and Mycenaean periods through Hellenistic times. Some key points covered include: - Minoan architecture featured large palaces like King Minos' palace at Knossos, which had over 800 rooms arranged around a central courtyard. - Mycenaean citadels and tombs like the Treasury of Atreus influenced later Greek styles. - The Parthenon and other structures on the Acropolis of Athens built in the 5th century BC epitomized classical Greek architecture with their emphasis on simplicity, harmony, and proportion. - Other famous works included the Temple of Zeus at Olympia and the

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    CLASSICAL

    GREEK
    ARCHITECTURE
    khristinedc@yahoo.com

    AEGEAN or MINOANS & MYCENEAN


    ARCHITECTURE
    The Minoans
    = lived in CRETE, an island in the Aegean Sea.
    = named after a legendary king, MINOS.
    = as early as 2,600 B.C., people on Crete are working with bronze and
    gold.

    The Myceneans
    = Indo-European invaders of Crete named after the palace at Mycenae
    around 1900 B.C.
    = Mycenae was the homeland of Agamemnon, a king in Greek
    mythology.
    = Culture was based around citadels on the mainland of Greece.

    ANCIENT GREECE MAP

    Kings lived in large, elegant palaces; the most famous of which is


    the Palace of King Minos at Knossos. It was like a small city
    with more than 800 rooms.

    Palace of King Minos @ Knossos has


    rooms groups around a central
    courtyard that are surrounded by
    cypress wood columns that tapered
    downward.

    Porch

    example of a fresco

    PLAN OF KING MINOS PALACE

    MEGARONS = domestic houses


    TYPES OF WALL CONSTRUCTION
    Cyclopean = huge stone blocks
    Polygonal = polygonal stones
    Rectangular = cut stones w/ dowels

    TREASURY of ATREUS
    (Tomb of Agamemnon)

    Dromos = long passage


    An underground
    tomb
    Tholos = beehive shaped
    long chamber

    The Lion Gate @ Mycenae

    HELLENISTIC & HELLENIC GREEK ARCHITECTURE


    800 B.C. = Great Age of Greek Civilization
    Hellas = Greeks name for their country
    3 MAIN GREEK ORDERS

    Doric order is the widely used order during the


    Greek period.
    Greek columns appear to be straight but are subtly
    tapered (entasis)
    Ionic order peak of Classical Greek Architecture
    Corinthian decline
    The moulding that is often found in the Doric order
    is the Birds Beak.

    TYPES OF GREEK MOULDINGS

    CYMA REVERSA water and leaf


    CYMA RECTA anthemion
    OVOLO egg and dart
    ASTRAGAL bead and reel
    TORUS guilloche
    CORONA key pattern

    Beauty of style and grace and good rhythm


    depend on simplicity.
    -PLATO
    We are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in
    tastes
    -PERICLES

    CHARACTERISTICS OF CLASSICAL
    GREEK ARCHITECTURE
    Simplicity and Beauty

    Purity of Lines
    Perfection of Perspective
    Marble = common construction material.
    Columnar & Trabeated

    ACROPOLIS

    - also called temenos, means the highest city.

    Athenian statesman Pericles supervises construction on the


    Acropolis.

    MAJOR STRUCTURES OF THE ACROPOLIS


    Part of the great rebuilding program that Pericles began about 460 B.C.

    PROPYLAEA
    PARTHENON
    ERECTHEUM
    TEMPLE OF ATHENA
    NIKE

    THE PROPYLAEA
    ARCHITECT : MNESICLES

    Built about 437-432 B.C.


    Inner and outer collonades are
    Doric.
    Inside are slender Ionic
    columns.
    Two Central Gate Hall
    Chambers :
    1. Pinokotheke-painting
    gallery
    2. Glypthotheke-sculpture
    gallery

    THE

    PARTHENON
    The Largest Building @ the
    Acropolis

    ARCHITECTS : ICTINUS
    CALLICRATES
    SCULPTORS : SCOPAS
    PHEIDIAS
    A temple dedicated to Athena
    Parthenos (Athena the Warrior Maiden)

    THE

    ERECTHEUM

    The most complex & richly-embellished


    ARCHITECT
    MNESICLES
    Best known for: its
    caryatid porch on the
    South side facing the Parthenon.

    Dedicated to Athena Polias


    (Athena Protectress of the City)
    & Poseidon (God of the Sea).

    CARYATID= female statue


    ATLANTES/TELAMONES = male counterpart of female
    caryatid
    CANEPHORAE = holding a basket on head

    THE TEMPLE OF ATHENA NIKE


    ARCHITECT : CALLICRATES

    Athena = goddess of wisdom


    Athena Nike = Athena of Victory
    Measures only at 5.64m x 8.34m

    THE ACROPOLIS TODAY


    (AFTER 2400 YEARS)

    TEMPLE OF ZEUS
    Olympia
    ARCHITECT : LIBON OF ELIS

    2ND Largest Temple


    ZEUS Most important Greek
    god. Her wife is Hera, the
    goddess of marriage.

    THEATRE OF EPIDAUROS
    ARCHITECT : POLYCLEITOS

    PARTS OF THE
    GREEK THEATRE
    ORCHESTRA = elevated platform
    or stage
    CAVEA = auditorium
    SKENE = scene building
    PARADOS = passage leading to the
    skene.

    DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK
    THEATRE :
    PARACENIA = projecting wall
    PROCENIUM = speakers platform
    EPISCENIUM = raised background

    AGORA
    market place or town square

    STOA
    colonnade used as a shelter

    e.g. STOA OF ATTALUS

    BOULEUTERION
    Council House

    e.g. Council Hall of Miletus

    MAUSOLEUM
    Greek Tombs

    The most famous of all tombs and one of the Seven Wonders of the World
    Erected for King Mausolos is the Mausoleum, Halicarnassos.

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