PART A

1. H101: Fall 2011 RISD
Classical Greek and Roman Architecture
IJLAL MUZAFFAR imuzaffa@risd.edu

2. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)

3. Westminster Arcade or Providence Arcade, 1828
The Bank Building, 1915 Rhode Island State House, 1904

4. Capitol Building, Washington D.C 1791-1958

5. The White House, Washington D.C 1792-1948

6. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)
Two incorrect claims:
1. Classical architecture is without external influences
2. It sought to represent universal truths beyond immediate historical concerns

7. Naucratis
Assyrians
Psamtik (664 BCE)
Dorians, 620 BCE

8. Naucratis

9. Temples at Selinus, Sicily
No. of colonnade rows
1: Peripteral
2: Dipteral
Pseudodipteral
3: Tripteral
No of columns on the entrance front
1: Henostyle
2: Distyle
3: Tristyle
4: Tetrastyle
5: Pentastyle
6: Hexastyle
7: Octastyle
8: Enneastyle
9: Decastyle

10. Temples at Selinus, Sicily
Pteron
Cella or Naos
Stylobate

11. Elements of the Doric Order:
from Ching, et al. Global History of Architecture,
p119.

12. Naucratis
6th Century BCE

13. Greek City States and the Persian empire, series of wars from 547 BCE to 449 BCE,
Expansion of the Persian Empire with the collapse of the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian Empires, 6th century BCE

14. Persepolis, 515-338 BCE

15. Persepolis, 515-338 BCE

16. Persepolis, 515-338 BCE

17. Athens and the Delian League, 478 BCE

18. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Erectheum
Parthenon
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Erectheum

19. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Erectheum
Parthenon
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Temenos

20. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea

21. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea

22. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Erectheum
Parthenon
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon

23. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Erectheum
Parthenon
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon

24. Battles of Greeks and Trojans
Assembly of the gods, battles of Centaur with Lapith
BattlesofOlympiangods
andgiants
BattlesofAtheniansand
Amazons
North face of the Parthenon,
battles of Greeks and Trojans

25. Battles of Greeks and Trojans
Assembly of the gods, battles of Centaur with Lapith
BattlesofOlympiangods
andgiants
BattlesofAtheniansand
Amazons
West side of the frieze,
Battles of Athenians and
Amazons

26. Battles of Greeks and Trojans
Assembly of the gods, battles of Centaur with Lapith
BattlesofOlympiangods
andgiants
BattlesofAtheniansand
Amazons
East side of the frieze,
battles of Olympian gods
and giants

27. Battles of Greeks and Trojans
Assembly of the gods, battles of Centaur with Lapith
BattlesofOlympiangods
andgiants
BattlesofAtheniansand
Amazons
Metope, south face of
the Parthenon,
Assembly of the gods,
battles of Centaur with
Lapith

28. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)
Octastyle Peripteral
8 doric columns
4.8 km or 2.9 miles

29. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)

30. MIT, Killian Court Portico

31. MIT, Killian Court Portico

32. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)

33. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)

34. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)

35. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)

36. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)

37. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)
Contrapposto, Riace warriors 460-430 BCE
column, in a different
way, anticipates
perception and response
in the viewer

38. Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)
Pteron
Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447-438 BCE)

39. Athenian Acropolis
Erectheum
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Erectheum

40. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Erectheum

41. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Erectheum

42. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Erectheum, Caryatids

43. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Erectheum

44. Athenian Acropolis
Propylaea
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Erectheum

45. Republic Rome, 4th Century BCE

46. Imperial Rome, 0
Sulla
Caesar (assassination in 44 BCE)
Augustus (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
Basilica Julia, Rome

47. Imperial Rome, 0 BCE
Forum Romanum, Ist century BCE
Augustus (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)

48. Forums of Caesar and Augustus
Imperial Rome, 0
Augustus (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)

49. Imperial Rome
Caesar (assassination in 44 BCE)
Augustus (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
Nero (ca 64 CE)
Vespasian (r. 69-79 CE)
Domitian (r. 81-96 CE)
Trajan (r. 98-117 CE)
Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE)

50. Imperial Rome
Caesar (assassination in 44 BCE)
Augustus (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
Nero (ca 64 CE)
Vespasian (r. 69-79 CE)
Domitian (r. 81-96 CE)
Trajan (r. 98-117 CE)
Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE)

51. Pantheon (25, 124 CE)

52. Pantheon, 25 CE
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Pantheon (25 CE), plan and section

53. Pantheon (25 CE), plan and section
0 40 m

54. Pantheon (25 CE), plan and section
0 40 m

55. Pantheon (25 CE), section / elevation, dome detail

56. Pantheon (25 CE), plan and section
0 40
Pantheon (25 CE), plan and section
0 40 m

57. Pantheon (25 CE), plan and section
0 40 m