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Pages in category "Ancient Greek architects" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aelius Nicon;
Ancient Greek architecture of the most formal type, for temples and other public buildings, is divided stylistically into three Classical orders, first described by the Roman architectural writer Vitruvius. These are: the Doric order, the Ionic order, and the Corinthian order, the names reflecting their regional origins within the Greek world.
This is a list of notable Greek architects in alphabetical order: Modern Greece. A–Z. Souzana Antonakaki; Nikolaos Balanos; Kostas Biris; Ioannis Despotopoulos;
The following is a list of notable architects – well-known individuals with a large body of published work or ... (c. 375 – 301 BC), Greek; Callicrates (mid-5th c ...
The Corinthian order (Greek: Κορινθιακὸς ῥυθμός, Korinthiakós rythmós; Latin: Ordo Corinthius) is the last developed and most ornate of the three principal classical orders of Ancient Greek architecture and Roman architecture. The other two are the Doric order, which was the earliest, followed by the Ionic order. In Ancient ...
Hemenway claims that the Greek sculptor Phidias (c. 480–c. 430 BC) used the divine proportion in some of his sculptures. [14] He created Athena Parthenos in Athens and Statue of Zeus (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. He is believed to have been in charge of other Parthenon sculptures, although ...
Jones, Mark Wilson (2000), Principles of Roman Architecture, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-08138-3; Klein, Nancy L. (1998), "Evidence for West Greek Influence on Mainland Greek Roof Construction and the Creation of the Truss in the Archaic Period", Hesperia, 67 (4): 335– 374, doi:10.2307/148449, JSTOR 148449
Ancient Greek architects (32 P) Byzantine architects (8 P) + Greek women architects (9 P) U. Greek urban planners (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Greek architects"