CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pergamon Altar, Faustulus, Mycenaean Greece
13 Jan 2016
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Created technique that allowed ivory to curve and therefore could be correspond to the human shape used to. Chryselephantine = gold and ivory finish wood interior. Used effectively together so well it was worked into one greek word. Gold was used for the dress and ivory used for skin. *greeks would have believed it was the goddess herself before them. Architectural embrace greeted by the building before entering steps. Once in the acropolis we cannot fail to see the parthenon but the north side is the more sacred side on the acropolis. Designed to bring many different sites and bring them into one building. By bringing them together they won"t forget the heroes of long ago. Ionic order (not doric) {doric parthenon, mix of doric and ionic for the propylaia and all ionic for the erechtheion} Poseidon likely had a cella on the western end. Bridges two very different ground levels on eastern and western ends.
