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    The document discusses Greek architecture between 3000-1100 BC. It describes the classical orders of Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns as well as column entasis, which is the subtle swelling of columns that makes them appear straight from a distance. It also defines different temple forms based on the number of rows of surrounding columns and entrance styles based on the number of columns. Key architectural sites discussed include the Acropolis of Athens, the Parthenon temple, Temple of Aphaia, Temple of Neptune in Paestum, the Erechtheion known for its caryatid columns, and the Theater of Epidaurus built for performances.

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    The document discusses Greek architecture between 3000-1100 BC. It describes the classical orders of Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns as well as column entasis, which is the subtle swelling of columns that makes them appear straight from a distance. It also defines different temple forms based on the number of rows of surrounding columns and entrance styles based on the number of columns. Key architectural sites discussed include the Acropolis of Athens, the Parthenon temple, Temple of Aphaia, Temple of Neptune in Paestum, the Erechtheion known for its caryatid columns, and the Theater of Epidaurus built for performances.

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    The document discusses Greek architecture between 3000-1100 BC. It describes the classical orders of Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns as well as column entasis, which is the subtle swelling of columns that makes them appear straight from a distance. It also defines different temple forms based on the number of rows of surrounding columns and entrance styles based on the number of columns. Key architectural sites discussed include the Acropolis of Athens, the Parthenon temple, Temple of Aphaia, Temple of Neptune in Paestum, the Erechtheion known for its caryatid columns, and the Theater of Epidaurus built for performances.

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    3000 – 1100BC

    INFLUENCES
    • Geographical
    • Geological
    • Climatic
    • Religious
    • Social
    • Historical
    ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER

    THE CLASSICAL ORDER


    • DORIC
    • IONIC
    • CORINTHIAN
    COLUMN ENTASIS
    Entasis is the way in which
    columns are swollen so
    that, with perspective, they
    appear to be perfectly
    straight

    Note: please further explain on


    Column Entasis in you summary
    The following terms describe the
    type of colonnade surrounding the
    TEMPLES FORMS naos / cella of a Greek Temple:

    • Peripteral: one row of column


    • Dipteral: two row of column
    • Tripteral: three row of column
    • Pseudodipteral: suggesting a
    dipteral colonnade but without
    the inner colonnades.
    The following term refer to the
    number of columns in the
    entrance:
    • Henostyle: one column
    • Distyle: two columns
    • Tristyle: three columns
    • Tetrastyle: four columns
    • Pentastyle: five columns
    • Hexastyle: six columns
    • Heptasyle: seven columns
    • Octastyle: eight columns
    • Enneastyle: nine columns
    • Decastyle: ten columns
    THE GREEK CITY
    THE ACROPOLIS OF ANCIENT ATHENS
    THE PARTHENON
    THE PARTHENON
    TEMPLE OF APHAIA
    TEMPLE OF APHAIA
    TEMPLE OF APHAIA
    TEMPLE OF NEPTUNE, PAESTUM
    TEMPLE OF NEPTUNE, PAESTUM
    ERECHTHIEON

    • Best known for its porch of caryatids (is the name given to an
    architectural column which takes the form of a standing female
    figure).

    • practical function as column and symbolic.


    THEATER OF EPIDAURUS

    To host theatrical performance.

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