Temple of Apollo, Didyma, Turkey, view from east.
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Title |
Temple of Apollo, Didyma, Turkey, view from east. |
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Date |
330 BCE? and later |
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Cultural Context |
Aegean
Ancient Greek
Greek
European
Western European
Turkish
Asia Minor
Near Eastern
Middle Eastern
Anatolian |
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Style/Period |
Greek (ancient)
Hellenistic
Early Hellenistic |
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Subject |
Architecture
Archaeological sites
Ruins
Buildings
Temples
Greek temples
Religious facilities
Architectural elements
Structural elements
Peristyles
Colonnades
Columns
Architectural orders
Ionic order
Podiums
Pronaoi |
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Description |
Note the front steps of the podium, the deep pronaos, and the carved column bases (Caption, Pedley, p.343); "This huge and surprising temple replaced the gigantic Archaic temple burned down by the Persians in 494 BC. It was raised high on a podium of steps and measured about 120 x 56 yards (110 x 51 m). The Ionic columns of the peristyle stood almost 22 yards (20 m) tall, with ten showing on the façade and twenty-one on the flank in a double colonnade." (Excerpt from Pedley, p.342) |
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Location Depicted |
Turkey
Didyma (Extinct city) |
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Measurements |
120 x 56 yards (110 x 51 m); height (of columns): 64 ft 6 in (19.70 m) |
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Technique |
Carving (processes)
Sculpting |
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Work Type |
Architecture
Buildings
Temples
Religious facilities
Ruins
Archaeological sites |
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Source |
Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/ Prentice Hall, 2007. (fig. 10.9, p.343) |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 978-28.jpg |
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