2. Ancient Greek Architecture
Greek life was basically taken over by religion, so that the most
resonable explanation for why the temples of ancient Greece would
be the biggest, and most beautiful architectural expiriences in the
world. Greek Architecture has three architectural systems. Doric,
Ionic, and Corinthian. The Doric style is plain, but sturdy, and was
used in mainland Greece and southern Sicily, Italy. The Ionic style is
thinner and more elegant, and was found in eastern Greece and the
Islands. The Corinthian style is seldom used in the Greek world, but
often found on Roman temples.
3. The Doric order
Parthenon ‐ The Parthenon was built in the 5th century BC, and
despite the enormous damage it has sustained over the centuries, it
still communicates the ideals of order and harmony for which Greek
architecture is known.
4. Ionic order
The Temple of Apollo at Didyma - The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at
Didyma, Turkey at about 300 BC. The design of the temple was known as
dipteral. These columns (known as the design of the temple, dipteral),
surrounded a small chamber that housed the statue of Apollo. With Ionic
columns reaching 64 ft high, these ruins suggest the former grandeur of the
ancient temple.
5. Ionic or
d er
Erechtheum - The Erechtheum was a temple from the middle classical period of Greek art and
architecture, built on the Acropolis of Athens between 421 and 405 BC. The Erechtheum
contained sanctuaries to Athena Polias, Poseidon, and Erechtheus. From the body of the
building porticoes project on east, north, and south sides. The northern portico, tetrastyle Ionic,
stands at a lower level and gives access to the western cella through a fine doorway. The
southern portico, known as the Porch of the Caryatids, from the six sculptured draped female
figures that support its entablature, is the temple's most breath‐taking feature. The west end of
the building, with windows and engaged Ionic columns, is a modification of the original, built by
the Romans when they restored the building.
6. Corinthian order
The temple of Zeus at Athens-
Most ornate of the classic orders of architecture. It was also the latest, not
arriving at full development until the middle of the 4th cent. B.C. The oldest
known example, however, is found in the temple of Apollo at Bassae. The Greeks
made little use of the order. The temple of Zeus at Athens (started in the 2d cent.
B.C. and completed by Emperor Hadrian in the 2d cent. A.D.) was perhaps the
most notable of the Corinthian temples.
7. Temple of Apollo at Delphi
The temple of Apollo is located Southern slopes of Parnassos mountains, and was
first built around the 7th c. B.C. by two legendary architects, Trophonios and
Agamedes. It was rebuilt after a fire in the 6th c. B.C. and was named the "Temple
of Alcmeonidae" in tribute to the noble Athenian family that oversaw its
construction with funds form all over Greece and foreign emperors.
8. Ancient Greece
architecture
to modern-day
architecture
in the United
States
While comparing the similarities of architecture in
Greece, and architecture in the United States, you won't
find much. Just look at the White house, and the temple of
Apollo. The Architecture in those two places don't really
resemble eachother at all. The only thing similar to Greek
architecture in the United states, would be the capital
building that resemble the greek revival style with the
white columns. More modern materials have allowed the
United States to design things in a diffrent way than
Greek architects would design things.
