Title: Greek Architecture
1Greek Architecture
2Gods and temples are not easily instituted, and
to establish them rightly is the work of a
mighty intellect. -Plato
The site should be a spot seen far and wide,
which gives due elevation to virtue and towers
over the neighborhood. -Aristotle
3Architectural Diagrams
Temple of Hera II, Paestum
Ground Plan
Section
Elevation
4Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, 490 BCE
5Architectural Systems
Post and Lintel
Corbel
Arch
6Evolution of the Greek Temple
Mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Old
Kingdom, c. 2775 BCE
engaged columnsfluting
7peripertal
8Part of a Greek Temple
(opisthodomos)
Pronaos (Porch)
Naos (Cella)
Colonnade (Peristyle)
9Elevation of a Greek Temple Orders of Classical
Architecture
10Pediment
Frieze
Capital
11Metope
Triglyph
12Evolution of Peripertal Temple
Archaic Temple of Hera I, Paestum, 550 BCE
Early Classical Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, 490 BCE
13Archaic
Temple of Hera I, Paestum, 550 BCE
Early Classical
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, 490 BCE
Temple of Hera II, Paestum, 460 BCE
High Classical
Parthenon, Athens, 448-432 BCE
14Evolution of Ratios in Ground Plan
12
13
612
1021
616
(613)(715)
817
Parthenon
X 2y 1
15Evolution of Ratios in Elevation
Temple of Hera II
Parthenon
Temple of Hera I