Constructed during the high classical period it is generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the doric order the simplest of the three classical greek architectural orders the temple s harmonic proportions precise construction and lifelike sculptures have been.
Scale floor plan of the parthenon.
Acropolis acro polis city high was the area of athens and the temples dedicated to the gods.
If you examine all dimensions of the parthenon you ll find a variety of numbers and proportions.
This ratio governed the vertical and horizontal proportions of the temple as well as many other relationships of the building like the spacing between the columns and their height.
As in other greek cities that area was far from the city and giving it high on some views.
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The temple is located parthenon on the acropolis of athens.
Illustrations and floor plans are artist s renderings not architectural blueprints and may differ from the final product.
Prints in the marbles.
The parthenon is the centrepiece of a 5th century bce building campaign on the acropolis in athens.
Each entrance has an additional six columns in front of it.
The cella contained the 12m high cult statue of athena and the rear smaller chamber was used as the treasury of the city of athens.
The parthenon is a temple of the doric order with eight columns at the façade and seventeen columns at the flanks conforming to the established ratio of 9 4.
The builders were.
The structure has a rectangular floor plan and is built on a 23 000 square foot base part of which was the limestone foundation of the old parthenon.
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The number of doric columns in the outer colonnade 8x17 was unusual for a greek temple 6x13.
There s no evidence they relied on a single set of plans and elevations drawn to scale as a modern architect would still the parthenon remains something of a miracle.
The parthenon is a doric peripteral temple which means that it consists of a rectangular floor plan with a series of low steps on every side and a colonnade 8 x 17 of doric columns extending around the periphery of the entire structure.
A drawing illustrating the floor plan of the parthenon 447 438 bce.