Greece - Architectural Orders

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Corinthian originated in what city-state?

Corinth

What is the latest order?

Corinthian

What is the earliest order?

Doric

Three classical Greek architectural orders

Doric (simple), Ionic (swirls), Corinthian (petals)

How did Vitruvius compare Doric and Ionic orders?

Doric - male body, Ionic - female body

Ionic is used as the exterior for what structure?

Erechtheion (on the Athenian Acropolis)

How did Vitruvius compare friezes of the Doric and Ionic orders?

Ionic - running frieze of continuous sculptural relief, Doric - alternating triglyphs and metopes

Ionic is used as the interior for what two structures?

Propylaea (gateway to the Acropolis) and the Parthenon

Which people favored the Corinthian order?

Romans

Corinthian order is employed in what temple?

Temple of Olympian Zeus

What characterizes Ionic capitals?

Volutes (scroll-like ornaments)

What supports Ionic columns?

a base

An architectural order describes what?

a style of building

Corinthian capitals include carvings of what plant?

acanthus leaves

Doric columns rest on what?

directly on the stylobate (floor) of the temple

How completed the temple of Zeus?

emperor Hadrian

One can identify the order of a structure by identifying what?

proportions, profiles, various aesthetic details, especially column type

What is the fullest example of the Doric order?

the Parthenon

The Doric order represents what transition in Mediterranean architecture?

transition from impermanent materials to permanent materials (wood to stone)

Doric entablature has what two elements?

triglyphs and metopes


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