Lecture 18 - Hellenistic Architecture I: Sanctuaries

Question 1

E.g. Sanctuary of Athena

Answer 1

Lindos, Rhodes. Shows nature is tamed by man. First temple was built in the Archaic period, but re-vamped in the Hellenistic period 4th-2nd centuries BCE. Relief shows the prow of a ship signed by Pythokritos. 200-180 BCE. Doric order, tetrastyle, amphistyle.

Question 2

E.g. Temple of Apollo

Answer 2

Didyma, Paios of Ephesus, 300 BCE. It was sacked by the Persians in 499 BCE. Rebuilt in 300 BCE by Seleucis I. 10 by 21 columns. Tribon and nymph on the base of the column. Another column base has a meander and Palmettes. Frieze detail - Medusa, bull’s head. Pronaos and 1.5m threshold, vaulted corridors. Surprising as it does not provide the access you would expect.

Question 3

What is significant?

Answer 3

Adapts and refines Classical elements, taste for theatricality - manipulation of space, unexpected detail, evoke of an emotional response, choice of location.