ARCH 249 Exam 2 Flashcards

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Question 1
Temple of Hera at Olympiaca. 600-590 BCEArchaic Period 6x16 columns (longer proportions in in early periods)three room interior (pronaos, cella, opisthdomos)terracotta disc acroteriumrounder echinus
Question 2
Temple of Hera (I) at Paestum (Poseidonia), Italyca. 550 BCEArchaic Period Doric orderperipteral, 9x18 columnsthree room interior (pronaos, cella, adyton)column entasis
Question 3
Temple of Zeus at Olympiaca 472-457 BCEClassical Period Architect - Libon of ElisDoric orderperipteral, 6x13 columnspronaos, cella, opisthdomos 40 foot tall statue of zeus
Question 4
Parthenon, Acropolis of Athens, Greece447-432 BCEClassical Period Sponsor: PeriklesArchitects: Iktinos & KallikratesMaster Sculptor: Pheidias438 - Statue finishedDoric orderperipteral, 8x17 columns4 rooms (pronaos, cella, opisthonaos, opisthodomos) Optical Refinements: stylobate curvature, column inclination, and column entasis Pediment Sculptures - East (Birth of Athena), West (Athena vs. Posiedon) Metopes - East (Gods vs. Giants), South (Greeks vs. Centaurs), West (Athens vs. Amazons), North (Greeks vs. Trojans) Friezes - procession
Question 5
Athena Parthenos438 BCE Sculptor: Pheidias42ft tallivory and goldattic helmetholding a NikeShows birth of pandora
Question 6
Erecthion (Temple of Athena Polias)Acropolis of Athens, Greece421-406 BCEClassical Period caraytids on South Porchsacred olive tree of Athena
Question 7
PropylaiaAcropolis of Athens, Greecec 437-432 BCEClassical Period Architect: MnesiklesDoric exteriorionic interior
Question 8
Temple of Athena NikeAcropolis of Athens, Greecec 425 BCE Architect: Kallikrates?non-peripteralionic order"tetrastyle amphiprostyle"
Question 9
Temple of Apollo Epikourios (Epicurius)Bassai (Bassae), Greecec 430 BCEClassical Period Architect: Iktinos Doric exteriosperipteral (6x15)N-S orientationInterior Ionicengaged columns interiorfirst corinthian column? 4 rooms (pronaos, cella, adyton, ophisthodomos)
Question 10
Lysikrates MonumentAthens, Greecec335/334 BCE Choragic monumentFirst exterior use of corinthian capital?
Question 11
Theater of DionysusAthens, Greece4th-2nd century BCEHellenistic Period built into hillsidetheatron - where people sit to seeorchestra - stageskene - building at back of orchestraancient Greeks only had 3 actors
Question 12
Temple at Epidauros, Greecec 350-100 BCE best preserved theaterfor Greek doctor godtheatron, orchestra, skene
Question 13
Stoa of Attalus IIAthens, Greece2nd century BCEHellenistic Period Built by Attalus II, King of PergamumDoric, Ionic, and Pergamene columns
Abacus
On a classical column, the stone set directly above the capital
Acanthus
A plant used as a model for decoration on Corinthian capitals