ARHI 2300 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I. New York Kouros, Greek Archaic, ca. 600 BCE II. Doryphoros AKA The Spear Bearer, sculptor: Polykleitos, Greek Classical, Roman copyof bronze statue of ca. 450-440 BCEOutline of Current Lecture I. Parthenon MovieCurrent LectureI. Parthenon- Greek Classical eraa. 5th century BCE; it is currently being restoredb. There are not many straight lines on the Parthenon; most are curvedi. Each piece is unique and fits in only one placec. The Greeks built it in less than 9 yearsi. Athenians drove out Persians 30 years prior to constructing the Parthenonii. Heracles then suggested the Greeks rebuild what was destroyed by Persiansiii. The Parthenon was built to embody their ideasd. To look perfect, the design had to have optical illusions e. When the restoration workers are carving new pieces and fitting them together, the old piece leaves white marks where they don’t fit with the new pieces i. Using tool marks, the restoration workers can identify the workmanship of 200 different Greek stone workersf. The Greeks used three measuring systems- Doric foot, ionic foot, common feet (close to what we use today)g. Greek basis of beauty is about the perfect proportions in an ideal bodyi. Restorers need to match level of precisionii. The Golden Ration is 1: 1.6; this supposedly gives beauty to a person/object1. This ratio is the ration of the height of the Parthenon to the widthiii. The curves in the Parthenon give life to stone- they mimic an athelete swelling his chestThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.h. The restoration workers discovered how the Greek workers designed the Parthenon by finding a model in Didyma, Turkey i. It was an almost invisible, scaled down model that was scaled down by a factor of 15, which can be drawn with a compass. ii. The width was not scaled down.i. The Greeks extracted thousands of tons of marbles from a quarry to make the Parthenoni. The budget was carved onto blocks (Athens was a democracy, and recordsof spending had to be displayed
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