Dorothy Arzner and Classical Greek Architecture: Film and Art History

Dorothy Arzner

First major woman director known for making films for talking studios.

Agnes de Mille

Daughter of William de Mille and known for choreography.

Script Clerk

Role held by Agnes de Mille as a cutter and editor of 52 silent films.

Macho Valentino

Myth created through editing that made Valentino appear to fight a bull.

Permission Women Pictures

Film by Dorothy Arzner in 1927 that was her first successful directorial work.

Zoe Akins

Known for 'The Sewing Circle' and her involvement with the LGBT community.

Katherine Hepburn

Idol of the sewing circle, known for her role in promoting female pilots.

Anathyrosis

Process by which Doric columns are cut and fit together with precision.

Plinth

Base on top of a column capital.

World War 1 Ambulance Driver

Role held by Dorothy Arzner during the war.

Stenographer

Job held by Dorothy Arzner

Influence of Ancient Greek Tragedy

A theme present in Dorothy Arzner's films.

Spiritual and Religious Themes

Elements found in Dorothy Arzner's personal films.

Angle-Triglyph Problem

The problem caused by the failure of the normal placement of a corner triglyph on the front of the temple to extend as far as the corner of the temple where it must.

Corinthian Order

- acanthus leaves in several rows

- plus Ionic volutes at the top. Its three-dimensional qualities allowed for the production of the same type of capital all around the temple

- combined with an Ionic entablature,

- no Ionic end capital problem and no Doric angle-triglyph problem.

Diminution

The narrowing from bottom to top of a column.

Doric

the principal orders of the Greek temple associated with mainland Greece and buildings such as

- the Parthenon.

- triglyphs and metopes as a part of its entablature or upper temple area as well as simplified columns that lack bases.

Echinus

Round cushiony member of a column capital, ornately decorated in the Ionic style and not in Doric.

Entasis

deliberate, slight swelling in the center of a column to compensate for the optical effect that a column looks thinner in the center.

Fasciae

Horizontal bands in the frieze course of an Ionic or Corinthian temple.

Ionic Order

More typically associated with the Greek east and was considered by the ancients a more feminine-looking temple in that it was more ornate, columns were more slender than Doric and had shallower flutes with rounded ends.

Ionic Capital

The column capital differed

- surrounding the rounded echinus there was a volute member sitting below the abacus.

Kourion

Sanctuary and city site on the island of Cyprus

- where the ruins of the Temple of Apollo of the Woodlands have been recovered and rebuilt.

Metope

- originally simply the spaces between the triglyphs but as they were originally just flat slabs

- they were suitable for elaborate relief carvings.

Parthenon

Temple of Athena Parthenos

- classic example of the Doric Style in Athens on the acropolis.

Parthenon Interior

The interior contained a thesauros

- housed the Persian Defense Fund

- another larger naos which contained : the chryselephantine Athena statue by Phidias.

Pediment

This is the triangular upper portion of the temple

- with a tympanum comprising the flat area at the back of it.

- It is surrounded by projecting cornices.

Triglyphs

vertically grooved ....

- og made of fired clay

- been intended to protect the ends of beams coming through the roof area of the temple.

Blood and Sand

Film from 1922 where Dorothy worked with Rudolph Valentino.

James Cruze

Director (1884 - 1942) for whom Dorothy stood in frequently.

Boom Mic

Might be created by Dorothy Arzner, enhancing sound in films.

Mary Baker Eddy

Founder of Christian Science, lived from 1821 to 1910.

Christian Science

Founded by Mary Baker Eddy, emphasizing spiritual healing and biblical miracles.

Sewing Circle

A group of People who formed fake marriages to support each other socially. (lesbain ect)

Fly Girls

Term referring to female pilots, associated with the era of Katherine Hepburn.

Attitudes of Women

Dorothy Arzner's interest in women's approaches in a male-dominated world.

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