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Temple of Athena NikeClassical Greek

Temple of PortunusRome, Italy - ca. 75 BC

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PARTHENONGreek

PANTHEONRome

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Republic RomeTemple of Portunus

Rome, Italy - ca. 75 BC EARLY REPUBLIC ROMAN

A superb example of Roman eclecticism is the Temple of Portunus, the Roman god of harbors.

Follows the Etruscan pattern:

•High podium is accessible only at the front, with its wide flight of steps.•Freestanding columns are confined to the deep porch. •The structure is built of stone overlaid originally with stucco in imitation of the white marble temples of the Greeks.

•The columns are Ionic, complete with flutes and bases. •In an effort to approximate a peripteral Greek temple - while maintaining the Etruscan plan - the architect added a series of engaged Ionic half-columns around the cella’s sides and back.

•The result was a pseudoperipteral temple.

Model of a typical Etruscan Temple 6th Century BC

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The Roman Architectural Revolution

COLUMNSTuscan Order Composite

Order

GROUP WORK ON ARCHITECTURE

• Civil Architecture• Ara Pacis and Pont-du-Gard• Flavian Amphitheater

(Colosseum)• Trajan’s Market and Forum• Pantheon• Baths of Caracalla

• Ceremonial• Arch of Titus• Column of Trajan• Arch of Constantine

• Residential and Religious• Pompeii (House of Vetti and

art)• Aula Palatina• Cerveteri (Etruscan)