greek architecture
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Greek Architecture. Palace at Knossos, Crete, c. 1500 BC. Palace at Knossos, Crete, c. 1500 BC. Lion Gate Mycenae c. 1300 BC. Lion Gate, Mycenae, c. 1300 BC. Temple of Hera at Paestum c. 550 BC. The Acropolis, Athens, Greece, c. 450BC. Temple of Athena Nike, c. 425 BC, Kallikrates. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Palace at Knossos, Crete, c. 1500 BC
Palace at Knossos, Crete, c. 1500 BC
Lion Gate Mycenae c. 1300 BC
Lion Gate, Mycenae, c. 1300 BC
Temple of Hera at Paestumc. 550 BC
The Acropolis, Athens, Greece, c. 450BC
Temple of Athena Nike, c. 425 BC, Kallikrates
The Parthenon, c.440 BC-Iktinos and Kallikrates
frieze
• In architecture this is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs.
Erechtheion, 420 BCE
caryatid
• a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
Porch of the Maidens, 421–407 BC
Theater at Epidauros, Greece, C. 350 BC Polykleitos the Younger