Friday, August 5, 2011

1.What features of Greek temple designs were reused in Roman temples?

When the Romans conquered Greece in 146 BC, they respected and development much of the Greeks architectural style. This is evident in the similarities between the Ancient Greek Erechtheum temple and the Roman Pantheon. Both the structures are temples, they make use of columns; however, the Pantheon uses the Corinthian style columns where the Erechtheum uses the Caryatid column, which is a sculpted female figure used as a column. The Frieze and Cornice entablature are also very similar.

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