Architecture Exam 1

Minoan Civilization Digital Palace of Knossos. Around 1650-1450 BC

• Columns were thicker at the top and thinner at the bottom

• Contains oldest throne in Europe

• Advanced drainage and water management system

• Wall thickness was more than one meter which created a form of insulation

Minoan. Throne room from Palace of Knossos.

• Oldest throne room in Europe

• Walls decorated with vibrant frescoes

Minoan. Street and domestic area from Akrotiri Santorini Ancient Thira. Around 1550 BC

• Buried by a volcanic eruption around the 17th century BC

Minoan. Interior of a room from Akrotiri

• 
  

Minoan. Naval fresco from Akrotiri Ancient Thira. 1550 BC

• miniature frieze

• portrays a ceremonial voyage

Santorini today

• Formed through many volcanic eruptions

• Example of environmental architecture

Mycenaean civilization 1600-1200 BC. City of Mycenae

• Has defensive walls built around the entire city

Mycenaean. Walls and Lion Gate at Mycenae.

• Post and lintel design

• Two lions above the gate, made of bronze, with heads missing

Mycenaean. Tholos of Atreus exterior.

• Has a relieving triangle

Mycenaean. Tholos of Atreus interior.

• Called the beehive tomb

• Stones were smaller as they built up to prevent dome from collapsing

Archaic temple in Sicily 6th century BC

• Made of local sandstone or limestone

High Classical. Temple of Hephaestus in Athens mid-5th century.

• Dedicated to Hephaestus and Athena

• Doric peripteral temple with 6 × 13 column arrangement

High Classical period. Model of the Acropolis Athens. 450-400

High Classical period. The Parthenon on the Acropolis Athens 447-432. Ictinus and Kallikrates.

• Was a temple, Christian church, and then ottoman mosque

• Destroyed by a massive explosion

High Classical period. Ivory and Golden sculpture of Phidias in the interior of the Parthenon on the Acropolis Athens.

High Classical period. Architectural sculpture of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens.

High Classical. The Erechtheion on the Acropolis Athens.

High Classical. Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis Athens.

High Classical. Propylaea on the Acropolis Athens.

Late Classical 4th century BC. Theater of Epidaurus.

Theater of Dionysus in Athens

Delphi view, theater and ruins of temple of Apollo.

Ancient Greek house

Hellenistic 323-30 BC Stoa of Attalos in the Ancient Agora of Athens 2nd century BC.

Roman 303 AD The Arch of Gallerius Thessaloniki

Roman 303 AD. The Rotunda monument. Thessaloniki

• Built around 306 AD

• 5 meter thick walls

• Built as part of Galerius's imperial palace

• Christian church and Ottoman mosque

Roman Agora of Thessaloniki.