1. Ancient Art History Survey: History of Western Art I, Week 6
Doric and Ionic orders, entasis, volutes, triglyphs and metopes, frieze, Corinthian order,
acanthus, acropolis (Athens), Pericles (Perikles), Propylaeia, Mnisikles, Athena
Promachos, Salamis, Athena Nike, Parthenon, Iktinos and Kallikrates, Vitruvius,
Panathenaic Procession, Phidias, Erectheion, Porch of the Maidens (caryatids), Lysippos,
Praxiteles, Skopas, Alexander the Great
Possible essay question:
--Discuss optical refinements in the plan of the Parthenon--how does the building's
design take the viewer's experience into account? What was the subject of the Parthenon
frieze, and why was it considered important?
Images:
Ionic and Doric orders diagrams
Parthenon, c.440 BC
Propylaea, c.440 BC