Greek_Architecture

Greek Architecture Classical Greek Architecture is one of the most well known forms of architecture. It is broken down into three orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The orders are determined by the way the capitol of the column is sculpted. The Doric order, the oldest and simplest of the three orders, originated around 400 BC. It was developed by the Dorian Greeks and later modified by the Romans. Placed directly on the stylobate, the Doric column was about seven times as tall as its diameter, a ratio probably derived from the height of a man in relation to foot size. Fluted to provide visual depth and swelling to subtle convex curves, it rose to a capital, under an abacus, the square block that joined the architrave. Surmounting the columns was a Doric frieze of alternating triglyphs and metopes. They were intended to be sturdy and lacked elegant design. The Ionic order originated along the coast of the Asia Minor. The Ionic is lighter than the Doric and more graceful, with a slender shaft about eleven times its diameter (approximately a woman’s height in proportion to the size of her foot. Its components are a tiered base, a delicate shaft with softer, temple, ionic, greek, doric, columns, parthenon, bc, three, built, orders, order, back, athena, architecture, column, victory, sturdy, shaft, porch, out, one, marble, made, front, frieze, erechtheion, east, decorative, corinthian, chamber, cella, architrave, white, visual, under, treasury