Parthenon

Parthenon

448-432 BCE

1774

Iktinos

Kallikrates

Phidias

Greek

Visual Works

Greece (nation)

Athens (inhabited place)

High Classical

detail drawings (drawings)

temples (buildings)

columns (architectural elements)

Doric order

Drawing which shows the curvature of the facade of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. "On the exterior, the Doric columns measure 1.9 m (6ft 2in) in diameter and are 10.4 m (34ft 3in) high, approximately 5 1/2 times the diameter. The corner columns are slightly larger in diameter, with their spacing reduced to make it possible for the frieze to conform to the rule that it must terminate with a triglyph. The stylobate has an upward curvature towards its centre of 60 mm (2 3/8 in) on the east and west ends, and of 110 mm (4 5/16 in) on the sides,"--The Architecture Week, Great Buildings website.

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