Archaic Architecture 600 480 BCE Extent of Period

Archaic Architecture 600 -480 BCE

Extent of Period • 600: – Begins with efforts to produce monuments • Athens, Corinth • 480: – Ends with the Persian wars and changes • In Architecture • In Sculpture • In Vase Painting

Archaic Art • • • Monumental Architecture Architectural Sculpture Freestanding Sculpture in Marble Sculpture in Bronze Ceramics

Architecture • The orders: – Doric: • used on the Greek mainland – Ionic: • used in the East and on the islands

Doric columns • Columns: without bases – Flutes: joined by a sharp ridge or arris

Doric Capital • Capital: • Abacus: flat slab • Echinus: cushion

Doric Column from the Athenian Agora

Doric Order • Entablature: above the capital – Architrave • Taenia: narrow projecting band • Regulae: small rectangular shelves • Guttae: pegs fixed to the undersides – Frieze • Triglyphs: 3 bars • Metopes: often decorated – Cornice • Sides of building: horizontal cap • Ends of building: angled framing of gables • Pediments: end gables, often decorated

Typical Doric Temple Plan

Temple of Apollo, Corinth, ca. 560

Temple of Hera I at Paestum or Poseidonia, ca. 550. “Basilica” Copyright: James D'Emilio http: //luna. cas. usf. edu/~de milio/index. htm

Temple Types

Temple of Artemis on Corcyra, or Corfu, ca. 580 Elevation

Temple of Artemis, Corcyra