1.

Hellenic Age height of classical

Greece
2. - democracy (Athens)
- olympics
- written laws
- philosophy
Contribution of Greeks -
4
3. - rocky, hilly, mountainous
terrain, archipelago
- climate between rigorous cold
and relaxing heat
- clear atmosphere and intense
light (conducive to creating
precise and exact forms
Greek Context - 3
4. "Golden Section"
a/b = (a+b)/a = = 1.618
basis of perfection
5. - polytheistic
- gods as personifications of
natural elements or deified
mortals
- mythology
Religion of Ancient
Greek
6. Sparta - developed from the
conquest of region's
local natives
- military state (7yrs old
start of military training,
citizens at 30 yrs old)
7. Athens - commercial and
cultural center
- developed democracy
and written laws
- valued mental and
physical education
- only men were
educated and were full
citizens
8. Parthenon built with optical
corrections
9. Entsasis - "swelling" of the
column at approximately
1/3 the height to correct
the illusion of its being
concave
- lettering on facades
were enlarged in
proportion to the height
from the viewer
10. - used stone, gypsum, timber
- buildings were constructed of
rubble and rough stonework
and double-framed timber in
filled with brick or stone rubble
Ancient Greek Buildings
- 2
11. - single-stoned
- deep plan (linear
manner of planning)
- entrance porch
- anteroom with central
doorway
Ancient Greek House - 4
12. Megaron proper living apartment
13. Thalamus sleeping room behind
14. Tholoi (singular:Tholos)
- rock cut or chamber
tombs
- tunnel entrance with
circular chamber at the
end
Tombs
15. Dromos tunnel corridor
16. - columnar and trabeated
- used timber, stone and
tera cotta
- carpentry in marble
Hellenic Age Architecture - 3
17. "carpentry in marble" timber forms imitated in stone
18. Acropolis city above a hill or mountain
19. Temenos enclosure around a sacred
area, dedicate to Gods
20. - in antis
- prostyle
- amphiprostyle
- peripteral
- dipteral
- tholos
Temple Types according to
Column Arrangement - 6
21. Pseudo
Dipteral/Peripteral
- Temple Type where [inner
layer] columns are beside the
wall
22. 1. Hemostyle
2. Distyle
3. Tristyle
4. Tetrastyle
5. Pentastyle
6. Hexastyle
7. Heptastyle
8. Octastyle
9. Enneastyle
10. Decastyle
12. Dodecastyle
Temple Types according to
number of columns - 11
23. Peripteral Hexastyle Temple Type of Parthenon
24. Pyknostyle (1.50)
Systyle (2.00)
Eustyle (2.25)
Diastyle (3.00)
Araeostyle (3.50)
Temple Types according to
Column Spacing - 5
Arch 19 - Ancient Greek Architecture
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25. 2N + 1, N=number
of columns in
front
Collimation Rule - applied to Peripteral
Temples
26. Doric Temples - simplest design of temples
- height of 'entablature' is 1 and 3/4
times the lower diameter of column in
height
- height of column (including capital) of
4 to 6 times the diameter at the base
27. - Doric
- Ionic
- Corinthian
Classical Orders - 3
28. Propylea monumental gate to a sacred area
29. Theatron - theater for ritual, dramatic
performances
30. - orchestra (open
space)
- cavea (seating
area)
- skene (stage
background
structure)
- proskenion
(stage opening)
Parts of a Theatron - 4
31. Agora civic plaza
32. STOA covered walkways sometimes with
shops on one side and living quarters
above
33. Prytaneion assembly hall and living quarters for
the Presidents of the Council of the city-
state
34. Boleuterion assembly hall for the entire ruling
council
35. Odeion theater for music
36. Stadion stadium, sports arena for foot races and
other
37. Gymnasium exercise, training area
38. Palaestra wrestling school
39. Caryatid maidens as columns
40. - Geison or
cornice
- Frieze
- Architrave,
principal beam
Entablature of Doric Temples
41. Frieze alternating Triglyphs and Meotopes
42. - abacus
- echinus
- annulets
- trachelion
- hypotrachelion
Parts of Doric Capital - 5
43. - 20 shallow flutes separated by
Arrises
Doric Column
Shaft
44. - no base, directly on crepidoma or
stereobate (stepped platform)
Doric Column
Base
45. Ethynteria Lowest Step of
Crepidoma or
Stereobate
46. Stylobate Top Step of
Crepidoma or
Stereobate
47. - height of 2 and 1/4 times the
diameter of column
- cornice
- dentil molding
- frieze
- architrave
Entablature of
Ionic Temples
48. - egg-and-dart molding
- volute or scroll
Ionic Capital
49. - height of 9 times the base diameter
- 24 flutes separated by Fillets
Ionic Column
Shaft
50. - scota molding
- torus molding
- plinth
Ionic Column
Base
51. - same as ionic Entablature of
Corinthian
Temples
52. - height of 10 diameters Corinthian
Column
53. - 1 and 1/6 diameters high
- supposedly invented by Callimachus,
inspired by basket over root of
acanthus plant
Corinthian
Capital
54. - Propylea
- Pinacotheca
- Statue of Athena, Promachos
- Erectheion
- Parthenon
- Temple of Nike Apteros
- Old Temple of Athens
Parts of
Acropolis