Optical Corrections for the Parthenon

Optical Corrections for the Parthenon

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Bugbee, Gordon (drawing)

visual works

Greece (nation)

Athens (inhabited place)

Classical

temples (buildings)

drawings (visual works)

optical correction

Drawing of the Parthenon with optical corrections by Gordon Bugbee. "It featured numerous architectural innovations, and sat on a base 70 meters long and 26 meters wide. Constructed in the 'Doric' style it had 17 columns along its length and eight columns along its width, each of which was over 10 meters high and 2 meters in diameter. Right-angled buildings tend to create an optical illusion that can make them look top heavy. To compensate for this effect, the Parthenon's columns utilise an architectural effect called entasis, and get gradually thinner from the middle up,"--PBS website.

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