Greece - Architectural Orders
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
