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| Architecture of the ancient classical world consists of : |
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| Three Historic Periods of Ancient Greece : |
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| Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic |
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| Main architectural advance in the Classical period of Greece = |
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| The Acropolis 480-323 BCE |
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| Ancient Greeks used to call themselves this.. |
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described as a city/cultural identity/city-state
(example: Athens/Syracuse/Delphi) |
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| Important Greek Philosophers and how they influenced the culture.. |
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Socrates, Plato, Aristotle /
idealism and innovation |
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| In classical Greece, an order for their architecture was... |
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| a classical column and its entablature, proportioned and decorated according to accepted modes. |
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| In Greek culture, what are the accepted modes of architecture. |
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1. Doric
2. Ionic
3. Corinthian |
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| How long did the Classical period last and what nick-name is given to the period? |
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480-336 BCE
"The Golden Age" |
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| The Acropolis in Athens consists of these four major buildings... |
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- Parthenon
- The Propylaea
- The Erechtheion
- Temple of Athena Nike |
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| The battle of Marathon brings and end and beginning. They are? |
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End : Persian War
Beginning: Golden Age |
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| connecting road between Acropolis and Agora |
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| Goddess of Athens (war/wisdom) |
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| Located on the acropolis is a massive towering statue of this Goddess |
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| Athena Promachos (The Champion) |
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| Ruler of Athens from461 - 429 BCE ? |
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| Perikles is known for what? |
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rebuilding Athens as a major cultural center
attributed as started of the Greek Acropolis |
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| Order in which buildings were built on the Athenian Acropolis: |
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1. The Parthenon
2. The Propylaea
3. Temple of Athena Nike
4. The Erechtheion |
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| The circulation within the Acropolis was set up this way? |
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| Unrestricted > metaphor for "democracy" & sited buildings for an "oblique view" |
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- Architect = Mnesikles
- Patron = Periclles
- Gateway to Acropolis
- Built from 437-432 BCE |
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| Temple of Athena Facts...(3) |
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- Architect = Believed to be Kallikrates
- Patron Periclles
- Built in 425 BCE |
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| The Erchtheion facts.... (5) |
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1. Architect = Mnesikiles
2. Built from 421-407 BCE
3. Built over the tomb of the fiorst king of Athens (Kekrops)
4. Shrine to both Poseidon and Athena
5. caryatids = maidens |
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| The Architects of the Parthenon are? |
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| The Parthenon houses what statue and who sculpted it? |
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos holding Nike
Sculptor= Phidias |
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| The Pediments of the Parthenon depict... (2) |
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East = Birth of Athena
West = Athenas fight with Posidon |
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Athena
Poseidon
Kekrops
Erechtheus |
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The Hellenistic Period
time?
buildings? |
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336-30 BCE
Temple of Appolo at Didyma
The Theater at Epidauros
The Stoa at Attalos |
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| In the hellenistic period, when did Greece join the republic of Rome? |
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| The Tholos at Delphi was built when and for? |
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| 390-380 BCE for the Oracles |
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| Facts about Alexander the Great (3) |
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Starts the City of Alexandria in Egypt
Starts the Hellenistic Period in Greece
Spreads Greek language and culture to Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia |
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The Theater of Epidarus:
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architect: Polykleitus the Younger
time: 350 BCE
fact: sat 14,000 people |
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| Stoa of Attalos facts (2) |
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- 21 shops in 2 story building
- located in the agora |
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Temple of Apollo at Didyma:
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| A Hellenistic building similar, but bigger than the Parthenon = |
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| The Temple of Artimis at Ephesus |
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