Architectural Works of Iktinos

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July 2, 2015

 

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"Iktinos and Kallikrates were the chief designers of the Parthenon" (182). Iktinos was also the chief architectural designer of the Telesterion and the Temple of Epicurean Apollo. According to Bourgoin, Iktinos was the "first architect to use a Corinthian column in Greek architecture" (101). Iktinos was one of the greatest architects of his time...
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Iktinos was one of the greatest architects of his time. "Instead of using brick and wood, the Greeks used stone" (Curlee 8). The Greeks designated different shapes for the columns, entablatures, and other parts of the Golden Age temples. According to Curlee, the different shapes and designs of the stone Greek temples developed a sophisticated system called, the Orders of Architecture which included two different orders (9)...
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