parthenon

Doric

creates sense of weight, masculinity and power.

Entasis

Bulging from centre to base of columns, creates dynamism and weight

When was the old temple destroyed?

480 BCE

Frieze

Decorative horizontal band running along the top of a wall inside or outside

Peripteral style

single row of columns surrounding the entire building

Post and lintel

vertical posts supporting a horizontal beam.

Triglyphs

Vertically channeled tablets on the frieze of Doric temples

Metopes

rectangular space between the triglyphs sometimes containing reliefs

Relief

The level of which a sculpture projects from its background

Stylobate

The platform which columns are placed

Capitol

The flared topmost part of the column

Architrave

Lowest main supporting horizontal beam of the entablature resting directly upon the capitols of the columns.

abacus

Slab forming the topmost part of the capitol, supporting surface connecting the column to the entablature

Entablature

Horizontal structure resting on the capitols of the columns to support the roof

Doric column

Fluted column with no base, drops directly onto stylobate

Cornice

decorative mouldings that crown a building.

Cella

Room at the centre of a temple containing the dedicated deity’s statue

Pediment

Triangular gable of the temples roof

East pediment

Athena’s birth

West Pediment

Athens founding myth

Colonnade

Structural sequence of columns, typically supporting an entablature

Southern metope

Centauromachy, depicts battle between centaurs and lapiths.

Represents order and disordered other.

Eastern metope

Titanomachy, depicts the battle between the gods and the titans

Western metope

Greeks vs Amazons

North metope

Trojan

Parthenon Construction years

447- 438 BCE

Parthenon architects

Iktinos and Kallikrates

Main sculpture designer of Parthenon

Pheidias

Political significance

• Symbol of democracy

• triumph over Persia (rebuilding program)

• Superiority