Ancient Greek Architecture Research Paper
Ancient Greek Architecture
The Stone Sculpture from the Greek era of 300 B.C. is a beautiful fluted ionic column that stands proudly in the center of the Greek and Roman Art Room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of- /26.59.1/ allows you to visit the virtual museum to view the stone column. The column is believed to be from the Temple of Artemis, from an interior room due to the elaborateness of the restored column. The delicate leaf like motives carved on the capital is unique among extant capitals from the temple, and the lowest part of the base of the column also with delicate leaf like motives carved with its vegetal scale-like pattern, is also exceptionally elaborate. A major source of the Greek power is the sense of order, predictability, and proportion that they embody. (Sayre 52). This being said, would be obvious in the columns being a major part of the way, for the Greek architect was built originating in wood and evolving into stone, all elaboratively carved by hand. The stone of choice for building was limestone then protected by a layer of marble dust or white marble. (Cartwright, 2013) The evolution of the columns in the ancient world was classified in …show more content…
Defining the colonnade as a row of columns supporting an entablature (a type of roof). It can be hooked up to a constructing (as in a portico) or free-standing building. The stoa was another structure that was common to many of temple complexes from the 7th century BCE coming forward. A stoa is a long narrow row of columns that would be backed by a plain wall and then it would be roofed. This area would be used for meeting places and storage areas, or in some areas the men would create an enclosed space for physical exercise. A market place in many of the small towns would be composed of a large open square that would be surrounded by a
The Stone Sculpture from the Greek era of 300 B.C. is a beautiful fluted ionic column that stands proudly in the center of the Greek and Roman Art Room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of- /26.59.1/ allows you to visit the virtual museum to view the stone column. The column is believed to be from the Temple of Artemis, from an interior room due to the elaborateness of the restored column. The delicate leaf like motives carved on the capital is unique among extant capitals from the temple, and the lowest part of the base of the column also with delicate leaf like motives carved with its vegetal scale-like pattern, is also exceptionally elaborate. A major source of the Greek power is the sense of order, predictability, and proportion that they embody. (Sayre 52). This being said, would be obvious in the columns being a major part of the way, for the Greek architect was built originating in wood and evolving into stone, all elaboratively carved by hand. The stone of choice for building was limestone then protected by a layer of marble dust or white marble. (Cartwright, 2013) The evolution of the columns in the ancient world was classified in …show more content…
Defining the colonnade as a row of columns supporting an entablature (a type of roof). It can be hooked up to a constructing (as in a portico) or free-standing building. The stoa was another structure that was common to many of temple complexes from the 7th century BCE coming forward. A stoa is a long narrow row of columns that would be backed by a plain wall and then it would be roofed. This area would be used for meeting places and storage areas, or in some areas the men would create an enclosed space for physical exercise. A market place in many of the small towns would be composed of a large open square that would be surrounded by a