Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens
a. How does this work conform to the period?
b. How is this work original?
c. Who is/are the architect and/or architects?
d. What is the period?
A) It has become the culmination of the ideal solution to perfect proportions in Doric temple design. B) Its originality lies in the spacing and slender shafts of the columns. The capitals with their straight-sided conical echinuses become the ultimate refinements for the budging and squat Doric columns and compressed capitals of earlier Doric temples (Temple of Hera (Basilica), Paestum). C) Iktinos and Kallikrates. D) Classical.
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