CLAS 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Adyton, Portico, Prostyle
20 Apr 2017
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Does include phedias, to make the cult statue. He also gets an extra task, he is the project manager of the periklean building program. In 15th c. ad: converted into a mosque. 1687: blown up during battle against the turks. Blew up inside out, with many sculpture destroyed. But drawings allow is to visualize what was there. 447 decide to make a new temple for athena, on the site of two previous temples. This was a site that had been a site for the worship of athena, but all destroyed by persian invasion. Scale along lines of temple of zeus at olympia. Parthenon largest of the 4 buildings, it draws people. Visiting the parthenon gave a sense of a psychological place. Going to another realm where the gods were. George korres and team took the parthenon apart and put it back together. Put in titanium parts to hold it together. Building was very famous, so we have plans.
