Word: parthenon
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...introduction Professor Doerpfeld showed on the screen a number of the best preserved Doric temples-including the Parthenon and the so-called Theseum-edifices which exhibit the order in its perfection; and then raised the question as to the origin of the Doric temple. According to the traditional belief, the Doric temple in its finest forms was a spontaneous creation, springing complete and perfect from the brain of Greek architects, as Athena, with helmet and spear, darted into life from the head of Zeus. Numerous excavations conducted in recent years have demonstrated the incorrectness of this view. They have shown...
...lecturer then undertook a periegesis of the citadel, with the aid of a plan and many pictures, and described in detail its defences, gateways, and temples,- the Parthenon, built by Pericles; the old temple of Athena, which Dr. Dorpfeld himself discovered and named; and finally the Erechtheum, that most beautiful of the buildings of ancient Athens. The well-known Porch of the Maidens, or Caryatids, he believes to have been the approach to the grave of Cecrops...
...marble replacing the old temple and gateway. In this condition it remained till late Roman times, the centre of the national history. In Byzantine times, the temples were converted into Christian churches; in the 15th century, when the Turks had captured Athens, the crescent replaced the cross. The Parthenon became a mosque, and when the Venetians beseiged the citadel in 1687 it was destroyed by a bomb,- only a part of the splendid temple remains. The Venetians withdrew, and a mosque was again built among these ruins. Early in the present century, when the war of freedom had driven...
...departments the collections are not quite complete and these deficiencies are rapidly being filled. Among the latest acquisitions are three hundred and fifty photographs of French Renaissance architecture and sculpture, and about one thousand illustrating the Venetian school of painting. The model of one corner of the Parthenon, which was constructed by Professor H. L. Warren, of the architectural department, has been set up in the large down stairs room. This model is made so as to show the construction of the Parthenon, and can be taken apart with ease...
...foundation of the Parthenon was built of a limestone; but marble was used in all other parts. No mortar was used in joining the stones, not because the Greeks were unfamiliar with mortar, but because more beautiful joints could be made by carefully fitting together the marble blocks. Once fitted, they were held fast by iron braces and wooden pins...