final exam Flashcards
(79 cards)
where was the parthenon built?
athens
when was the Parthenon built?
447-432 BCE
what was the purpose of the Parthenon?
to serve as a temple
who was the architect of the Parthenon?1
Ictinus
what are caryatids?
these are statues that are madiens, these support an entablature on their heads, they represent young women protected by the virgin goddess or the sacrificial victims of the king
the carytids are found on what building?
southwestern porch of the Erechtheion
Erechtheion is found where?
Athens
when was the erchtheion established
420 BCE
who was the archietect of Erechtheion?
Phidias
Pantheon is found where
rome
pantheon is designed by whom?
Hadrian
when was the pantheon built
125-28 CE
where is the arch of titus
rome
what is the arch of titus
a roman triumphal arch that commeoreates the victories of the jewish war in Judea
whom erected the arch of titus
Domitian
When was the arch of titus made
81 ce
who designed the arch of constantie
Constantine I
when was the arch of constantine created
315 CE
where is the arch of constantine found
ROME
what is the arch of constatine
a triumphal roman arch, after the milvian battle roman senate called for it to be made
the madoleum of theodoric was made where
Revenna, Italy
when was the Masoleum of theodoric made
520CE
an interesting fact about the Masoleum of theodoric
the dome was made with a single slab of stone
what is significant about alberti
he wrote a text on painiting and on architecture
became an architect 1447
Italian humanist
inspired by roman architecture portrayed with brunelleshi’s reverence
