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Acropolis, Athens
430-405 B.C.E. ended just before the fall of Athens to Sparta
Mnesikles might ve the designer
second important temple found on acroplolis durring Pericles' building period
built to conform on the slope of the hill
mulitple functions
housing many shrines
built on the site of the mythical contest between Poseidon (sea god) and Athena for patronage over athens
poseidon hit a rock with trident, making a salt-water spout
Athena gave an olive tree and won the contest
Atheneans inclosed the rock hit by Poseidon oin the north porch
One area has a sacred spring dedicated to Erchtheion, a legendary king of Athens
Durring Erchtheion's reign as king, Demeter was said to have helped the Athenians in the arts of growing crops and other veggitation
Contains a memorial to the legendary founder of Athens, Kekrops (half man and half serpant)
judged the Athena/Poseiden battle--kekrops
Housed a venerable wooden cult statue of Athena=center of the Panthenaic festival
eventually relocated and placed inside the Erichtheon before teh Persians attacked
porches on the north, south, and east sides, where you entered
porch of maidens
most famous porch
south side facing partheons
simple doric capitols
has caryatids
weight is supported on one leg
the other leg is bent at the knee and laid on the ball of the foot
gives a sense of relaxed grace and effortless
three are standing on left while another three are on right
symetry and rythm
vertical fall of draperey
hair is loose but massive knot around the neck
makes it appear natural
the north and east symbolize Ionic form
constructed using the Ionic order
more complex and decorative than Doric
the columns come from base to end in volute capitals (spiral capitals)
west end of the south side
six caryatides (female figures acting as columns)
support the porch
the Erchtheion was built after Pericle's death and was part of the original desgin
The Erchtheion was to replace ethe Archaic Athena temple that had been razed by the Persians
it was built to the North of the remains was to be a composite shrine
Honored Athena and had some other shrines of larger gods that hads been important in the city's history
Erchtheus, king of Athens
Kekrops, another King
Erch built asymmetrical
unique for a greek temple and compaired to the Doric Parthenons across the way
irregular for reflects the need to incorperate the tomb of Kekrops and other pre-existing shrines, trident mark, and olive tree into a single complex
the unknown builder had to work with the cury terrain
couldnt terrace because it would affect the sacred sites
each side is set on different ground levels and has different characters
has many decorative details
frieze
given special care
its a decorative horizon band as long as the upper part of a wall in a room
it is made specially picked dark blue limestone of Eleusis to contrast with the white Pentelic marble of the walls and columns
white relief figures where attached to ground
South Porch
caryatids replace ionic colomns
some sources say that Mnesikles desgined it. others say they dont know
second largest structure in acroplois
work began -230's ended in 405
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