http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog Anything teachers of Latin, Greek, Classicsal Civilisation or Ancient History might find useful or interesting. en-us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:40:45 +0000 Greek religion and temples Blogware arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120326.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120326.html Sun, 08 Aug 2004 00:08:49 +0100 Well, as near as we're like to get to the golden and ivory beauty. Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120330.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120330.html Sun, 08 Aug 2004 00:15:56 +0100 I think the copyist who made this small statue has got something of the majesty of Athens' patron goddess. Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120329.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120329.html Sun, 08 Aug 2004 00:13:34 +0100 I hope the real thing was a bit scarier than this, with the little cherub. Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120327.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120327.html Sun, 08 Aug 2004 00:10:59 +0100 When a worshipper walked round the full-sized statue and suddenly saw this huge snake, I bet it gave him a ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120289.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120289.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 22:58:52 +0100 Imagine a sculptor who forgot to cut the fluting on the bottom few inches before the column drum was put ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120292.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120292.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:01:43 +0100 You can see how the carving of a Doric column was begun. I can't remember whether this drum was abandoned ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120294.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120294.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:05:06 +0100 Well, part of the explanation anyhow. This column drum clearly was abandoned because it split, but it's still got bulges ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120295.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120295.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:09:11 +0100 Lying beside the Parthenon are these two damaged capitals, at a convenient height for detailed study. One point of interest ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120297.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120297.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:13:20 +0100 Compare this with the picture of the lowest drum seated on the temple base. Carving the fluting on the lowest ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120298.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120298.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:17:07 +0100 This block is upside down. Builders of stone temples were very conservative. They kept the visual features of a wooden ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120299.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120299.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:21:05 +0100 Everyone knows the Caryatid porch of the Erechtheum, but the much higher porch on the other side is in my ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120300.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120300.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:23:38 +0100 I wonder what proportion of visitors to the Acropolis realise that this hole is there. The coffering of the roof ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120302.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120302.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:28:27 +0100 Tell your students the story of Athene and Poseidon competing for the honour of being the patron of Athens, as ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120303.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120303.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:34:03 +0100 The experts say that the strange irregular Erechtheum was given a visual unity by the frieze running all round it. ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120304.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120304.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:36:38 +0100 Compare these Ionic bases from the Poseidon porch with the Doric base. Nothing like, are they? I love the graceful ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120306.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120306.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:41:07 +0100 All right, then, if you insist. Here's the famous Caryatid porch. I think it's what an artist friend calls 'remarkable ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120307.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120307.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:44:38 +0100 Someone has helpfully assembled some of the Parthenon roof tiles and other bits and pieces as they would have been ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120308.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120308.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:48:29 +0100 A corner column of the Parthenon, showing the subtle curves that they call entasis. This column is fatter than the ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120310.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120310.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:50:53 +0100 So graceful, and such a contrast with Doric - which of course has its breathtaking beauties too. Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120321.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/7/120321.html Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:57:34 +0100 I think this may be the Theseum. If one was allowed close enough these days I would have illustrated from ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120322.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120322.html Sun, 08 Aug 2004 00:02:07 +0100 Like London, the Parthenon will be very nice when it's finished! You can illustrate the curvature of the base, and ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120324.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/8/120324.html Sun, 08 Aug 2004 00:06:17 +0100 Three cheers for the Christians who made this into a church, and put in a barrel vault to keep the ... Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219287.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219287.html Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:21:28 +0000 Another drawing by an art teacher on a school trip. Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219284.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219284.html Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:19:43 +0000 A sketch by a former art teacher on a school trip to Greece. Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219290.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219290.html Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:26:56 +0000 A new view of a hackneyed subject. Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219289.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219289.html Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:25:11 +0000 I cannot identify the viewpoint, but this does seem to be the acropolis in Athens. Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219288.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219288.html Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:23:12 +0000 A dramatic sketch by an art teacher. Greek religion and temples arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219294.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/12/30/219294.html Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:28:48 +0000 A drawing by an art teacher. The large ionic porch with the hole for Poseidon's trident is on the left. Athene's olive tree is to be seen near the centre of the picture. Greek religion and temples