FCSarch 02 Greece 1
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Parthenon
model
View of main approach showing to the right the small Ionic
Temple of Athena Nike, c. 425 BC
Old painting (pre-restoration)
East view (Back)
Corner showing the narrowing of the intercolumniation to solve the
triglyph problem
Detail of the stylobate showing its subtle curvature
Refinements exaggerated
Parthenon, floor plan
Plan with axonometric
Interior with Athena
Athena
Reconstruction showing Phidias' Chryselephantine (gold and ivory) statue of Athena (Note: the cella of the Parthenon is no longer thought to be open to the sky, as it was when this
reconstruction was drawn)
Façade elevation
classical orders
classical orders vocabulary:
Pediment
Entablature (triglyph)
Column (base, shaft, capital)
Cornice
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Acroteria
Stylobate
Triglyphs development
Triglyphs, detail with frieze
Location of Elgin Marbles frieze
Elgin Marbles, British Museum
Painted bright colors
Elgin Marbles from Pediment
Elgin Marbles from Pediment, right
Elgin Marbles from Pediment, left