Classical Studies 2500A/B Lecture 16: Lecture 16

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2500A/B
• Professor: Beth Greene

Document Summary

Ionic temples scrolled, fancier capitals (top of structure) Parthenon experimental architecture uses ionic elements in the entranceway: religious architecture tends not to change athenians incorporated ionic elements. Power of messages in architecture: colossal statue of athena in gold and exotic materials - vast wealth (delian league fund) Inner temple off limits only very few allowed inside temple. Ionic feature of a continual frieze frieze is a continual narrative (not seen in doric temples) Meitopes what is the message: west: amazonomachy (battle between the greeks and amazons, north: trojanomachy (battle between greeks and trojans) Persians but have to show imagery in an allegorical way as imagery has to be religious: the parthenon metopes greeks vs. barbarians (non-greek, dichotomy, greek = civilized, non-greek = uncivilized, co(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of (cid:862)the other. The parthenon frieze: continual narrative frieze (ionic feature, shows a procession mythologized first panathenia (celebratory day in athens, people carrying jars, indications of making offerings to deity.