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Title
Temple
of
Apollo
,
Didyma
,
Turkey
,
view
from
east
.
Date
330 BCE? and later
Cultural Context
Aegean
Ancient Greek
Greek
European
Western European
Turkish
Asia Minor
Near Eastern
Middle Eastern
Anatolian
Style/Period
Greek (ancient)
Hellenistic
Early Hellenistic
Theme
Architecture (object genre)
Archaeological sites
Ruins
Buildings
Temples
Religious buildings
Ceremonial structures
Exterior views
Architectural elements
Fragments
Peristyles (colonnades)
Colonnades
Columns (architectural elements)
Shafts (column components)
Fluting
Architectural orders
Ionic order
Podiums (building divisions)
Pronaoi
Steps
Subject
Architecture
Archaeological sites
Ruins
Buildings
Temples
Greek temples
Religious facilities
Architectural elements
Structural elements
Peristyles
Colonnades
Columns
Architectural orders
Ionic order
Podiums
Pronaoi
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)
Location Depicted
Turkey
Didyma (Extinct city)
Measurements
120 x 56 yards (110 x 51 m); height (of columns): 64 ft 6 in (19.70 m)
Technique
Carving (processes)
Sculpting
Work Type
Architecture
Buildings
Temples
Religious facilities
Ruins
Archaeological sites
Source
Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/ Prentice Hall, 2007. (fig. 10.9, p.343)
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
978-28.jpg
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