ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Entablature, Triglyph, Intercolumniation
27 Nov 2017
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This ki(cid:374)d of ar(cid:272)hite(cid:272)ture really does(cid:374)"t go a(cid:449)ay. Blank entablature, no metope and triglyph = frieze. Curls on top of ionic columns = volutes. Doric-simplistic, bigger, no base (strong man) muscular, capital is the head, column is body. Corinthian-even more slender, detailed, fragile (unmarried virgin maiden) Kritios boy ca, 480 bce: idealized as the perfect person, the ideal greek man. Parthenon ca 557-432 bce: idealized as the perfect architecture. Did(cid:374)"t (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e i(cid:374) afterlife, they (cid:272)ared a(cid:271)out their (cid:373)ark o(cid:374) earth. 410-407 bce: relief sculpture (attached to a wall), no head and wings, they withered off, stone is brittle. Hammurabi laws, god gave him authority, wisdom and right to rule and be king. Achilles and ajax are playing a game of dice, they are having fun in between wars, not obvious that they will soon both die. These men put aside their battle gear, their spears are near them so you can tell that they are involved in something bigger.
