Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece - World Tourism Day - Unravel Travel TV
World Tourism Day, the Acropolis Museum hosted a special concert performed by the Orchestra of Colors, organised by the Hellenic Ministry of Tourism the concert was filmed to promote Greece worldwide. (Thursday 27 September 2012). A live performance by The Orchestra of Colours at the Archaic Gallery Room.
Archaic Colors
Tuesday, 31 July, 2012 - Tuesday, 31 December, 2013
Commencing Tuesday 31 July 2012, the Acropolis Museum wants to conduct research on its unique collection of archaic statues, which retain their colors to a small or large degree, and to open a very extensive discussion with the public and various experts on color, its technical issues, its detection using new technologies, its experimental use on marble surfaces, its digital reconstruction, its meaning, as well as the archaic period's aesthetic perception of color. So far, scientific research into the color found on ancient sculpture has made great progress and reached surprising conclusions that to a large degree refute the stereotypical assumptions regarding ancient sculpture. It turns out that color, far from being just a simple decorative element, added to the sculpture's aesthetic quality.
For ancient Greeks and their society, color constituted a way to characterize various attributes. The blond hair of the gods projected their power; the brown skin of warriors and athletes was a sign of virtue and valor, while the white skin of the korai expressed the grace and radiance of youth.
The Μuseum's initiative on Archaic Colors is based on very careful observation, on spectroscopic analysis, on special photography sessions, on efforts to reproduce the colors of antiquity and then to apply them on Parian marble, and naturally, on searching through written sources for valuable information on the pigments.
The statues' crisp, saturated colors, on bright garments and tender bodies, combined with the rich jewelry, frequently made of metal, and elaborately curled hair created a singular aesthetic pleasure, making the archaic statues wonderful to behold for the people of the period.
Live broadcast Unravel Travel TV
Unravel Travel TV Twitter
Unravel Travel TV on You Tube
Unravel Travel TV
Acropolis New Museum catastrophies Ακρόπολη Αθήνα
The Ministry of Culture and the Organization for the Construction of the New Museum of the Acropolis of Athens (OANMA), adhering to the Greek Government's earlier decision concerning the location of the Museum for its construction, are in the process for the same site Macriyannis at the South slope of the Acropolis Rock.
This decision, made some years ago arbitrarily, without any previous research for the most suitable location, has been strongly criticized by various professional organizations, such as the Architects' Association, as well as by distinguished archeologists and other specialists. This criticism, based on documented arguments, has been ignored by the Ministry of Culture and collaborating archaeological institutions.
1. This site is considered unsuitable from an archaeological point of view because:
a) Significant archaeological findings have been unearthed in the field intended for the Museum as verified by the Organization for the Construction of the New Museum itself. These antiquities date back to the mesohelladic and late neolithic periods down to the 7th century BC. As mentioned by OANMA itself (July 2000), The antiquities found in the piece of land intended for the Museum have been proven more significant than originally anticipated. The new finds have changed radically previous agreements concerning the availability of the site, which had resulted from test excavations. Nevertheless, radical change in estimates did not lead to a reconsideration of the choice. The competent Ministry and its archaeological services are going on with their plans to construct the Museum on the location decided originally, thus committing an act of inconceivable vandalism, building on important archaeological finds, which essentially are destroyed, a Museum whose purpose is to preserve and reveal antiquities.
b) The installation of the Museum in this space will prevent the possibility of an extension and unification of the field of excavation in the southern belt of the Rock. Such excavations in the same belt would, probably, offer significant information about the city and its relationship to the Acropolis. It must be noted here that, despite the opposite assertions of the competent body which declared the archaeological research finished in May 2000, the excavation of the field intended for the Museum has not been concluded and it is most probable that the scheduled demolition of the buildings, existing in it, will reveal important archaeological findings. In any case, it is obvious that this will create a gap on the history of the city and its relation to the Acropolis. Today's residential area neighboring the Sacred Rock separates it from the ancient urban environment, while it diminishes the vital space which
is necessary in order to put on value the monuments crowing it. The objective here should be to decongest the area surrounding the Acropolis rather than add more buildings to it.
2. The site in question is entirely unacceptable from an aesthetic point of view;
It is obvious that the construction of whatever building, and especially the voluminous Museum, in the immediate environment of the Rock, on the edge of it -- only a few dozen meters from its southern wall-- is a vulgar, aesthetically unacceptable act that alters drastically the morphology of the archaeological landscape, upsetting its scale and contributing to the downgrading of the image of the Acropolis and its adjacent Monuments.
We are not, of course, aware of the particulars of the building to be approved, since the competition is still in progress, but some features of the structural program are enlightening. According to the proclamation of the competition, the building will occupy a total mixed area of approximately 14000 m2; from which, 8000 will be used for the display of the antiquities. However, along with already existing in the space of the Museum buildings to be assigned to it, its total area will be over 20000 square meters. The height of the southern wall may approach 40 m. It is worth mentioning that the floor area at the stylobates level of Parthenon is 2145 m2 and the total height of 17 m. without its pediments. Its height is diminished drastically during the visual perception not only because of the damages it has sustained, but also because of the fact that in viewing the southern side from the level of the ground, the lower part of the colonnade is hidden.
After the erection of the intended building, the visual field of the spectator will be overwhelmed by the image of the Museum, which is going to be projected oppressively over that of the Acropolis and the Parthenon.
The Museum will also dominate the landscape of Acropolis when viewed from the West, merging with the Propylaea and the entire image of the Monuments, while its presence will be strongly noticeable from an eastern sighting of the Rock as well
THEATRE MUSEUM of ATHENS - Museum and Study Centre of the Greek Theatre [Θεατρικό Μουσείο Ελλάδας]
The Museum was founded in 1938 by the historian of the Greek Theatre, Yiannis Sideris. He was succeeded in 1976 by the theatrical writer Manolis Kores.
In the Museum's rooms are exhibited memorabilia of theatrical life, stage costumes and props, photographs, models of stage settings, personal belongings of leading figures of the theatre, as well as posters and programmes. The library includes about 25,000 volumes on the treatre, from Greek and foreign bibliography. The theatrical archives include 18th-century manuscripts, programmes and posters of theatre companies from the 19th century on.
Θεατρικό Μουσείο - Κέντρο Μελέτης & Έρευνας Ελληνικού Θεάτρου.
Ιδρύθηκε το 1938 και στεγάζεται σήμερα στο ισόγειο του Πνευματικού Κέντρου της Αθήνας, πρώην Λαϊκό Νοσοκομείο, (Ακαδημίας 50). Το Μουσείο αναπτύσσεται σε δύο πτέρυγες με αίθουσες κατάλληλα διαμορφωμένες που περιλαμβάνουν πλήθος εκθεμάτων κυρίως του νεοελληνικού θεάτρου. Στο διάδρομο που συνδέει τις δύο πτέρυγες παρουσιάζονται σπάνια προγράμματα και αφίσες σπουδαίων ελληνικών θεατρικών παραστάσεων που ανέβηκαν σε σημαντικά θέατρα του εξωτερικού καθώς και φωτογραφικό υλικό από τους πρώτους θιάσους της Ελλάδας.
Athens Museum Tour Guide Greece City Travel Vacation Athens Video 2019-2018 Ep 2
Athens Museum Tour Guide Greece City Travel Vacation Athens Video 2019-2018 Ep 2 Museum Tour Guide Athens Museum Greece Museum
SUBSCRIBE -
LIKE COMMENT SHARE
HIT NOTIFICATION BELL ???? !!!
Recommended playlists AlexV Channel -
INSTAGRAM - @voicualex84
My favorite tagging, channel growth and management tool for youtubers
✅ -
Disclaimer: Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.
✅ Recommended Video -
✅ Watch And This -
✅ Watch Next -
✅ Athens City -
✅ Athens Greece Acropolis Ancient -
Greece Museum Athens offers great views of old planes, weapons and other machinary ! The outside area is free to explore and the inside area is where you dig for your wallet.
The Athens Museum established on July 18, 1975, is the museum of the Greek Armed Forces. Its purpose is the exhibition of weapon artifacts and the relevant research in the history
It covers the history of in all ages. The museums' collections include the collection of the Greek Army, with artifacts from other civilizations such as Ancient China and Ancient Japan.
In 1964, the Hellenic State decided to found the Museum, wishing to honor all those who fought for Greece and its freedom.
The design of the museum was undertaken by a team of distinguished scientists, headed by Professor Thoukidides Valentis of the National Technical university of Athens .
On July 18, 1975, the President of the Hellenic Republic H.E. Constantine Tsatsos and the Minister of National Defense Evangelos Averoff-Tositsas inaugurated the Museum.
It s various activities include the publication of books, the establishment and maintenance of monuments and memorials and the aid to services and agencies all over Greece.
The Museum’s exhibition areas are distributed over four levels and present images of Greek history from antiquity to the present.The museum's center pieces are weaponry in which Greece was involved.
Visit AlexV Channel for more videos
???? ***DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE !!!***
All Rights Reserved - @AlexV Channel
Athens Museum Tour Guide Greece City Travel Vacation Athens Video 2019-2018 Ep 1
Athens Museum Greece Travel Guide Tour City Vacation Athens Video 2019-2018 museum tour guide Athens Museum Greece Museum
SUBSCRIBE -
LIKE COMMENT SHARE
HIT NOTIFICATION BELL ???? !!!
Recommended playlists AlexV Channel -
INSTAGRAM - @voicualex84
My favorite tagging, channel growth and management tool for youtubers
✅ -
Disclaimer: Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.
✅ Recommended Video -
✅ Watch And This -
✅ Watch Next -
✅ Athens Greece Acropolis -
✅ Greece Museum Athens Video Vacation Tour -
The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art.
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens is the single best place on earth to see ancient Greek artifacts. tour museum Athens
Strolling through the chronologically displayed collection — from 7,000 B.C. to A.D. 500 — is like watching a time-lapse movie of the evolution of art. You'll go from the stylized figurines of the Cycladic Islands, to the golden artifacts of the Mycenaeans, to the stiff, stoic kouros statues of the Archaic age.
Athens Greece National Archaeological Museum
The National Archaeological Museum houses the most important artifacts from various locations in Greece. The National Museum of Archeology in Athens is the largest museum in Greece and one of the largest museums in the world. His collections include 20,000 exhibits, giving a glimpse of Greek civilization from the beginning of the prehistoric era to the late antiquity.
The museum is located in a neoclassical building from the end of the sec. The nineteenth. The huge space of the exhibition is organized in numerous galleries on each of the 5 floors on an area of 8,000 square meters
The Prehistoric Collection, which includes works by the great civilizations of the 6th millennium BC and until 1050 BC ( Neolithic, Cycladic, Era Miceneana); The Sculpture Collection includes Greek sculptures from the 7th-5th centuries BC
The Collection of Small Vessels and Objects contains representative works from the ancient Greek pottery from the 11th century BC to the Roman period; The Metallurgical Collection includes many fundamental statues, and the Egyptian and Near East Collection comprises works from the year 5,000 BC until the Roman conquests.
The museum also has an impressive archive of photographs and a rare publications library, being enriched with the new upgrades that can help researchers in their discoveries. The museum also has modern conservation laboratories for metals, ceramics, stone, and organic materials, a coloring workshop, a photo lab, and a chemistry lab.
The museum organizes various temporary exhibitions, a reading hall for archaeological materials and one of the largest stores of the Archaeological Discovery Fund.
The National Museum of Archeology is visited annually by thousands of tourists. Besides exhibiting his treasures, he organizes temporary exhibitions bringing exhibits from Greece as well as from outside.
The National Archeology Museum also functions as a research center for scientists and students around the world and participates in various educational programs. A special feature is that the museum provides guides for people with hearing problems.
Useful information about visiting the National Museum of Archeology in Athens
Schedule:
The National Museum of Archeology in Athens can be visited as follows
Monday: 13:30 - 20:00
Tuesday to Sunday: 08:30 to 15:00
The National Museum of Archeology in Athens is closed on 25 and 26 December, 1 January, 25 March, Easter Sunday and 1 May.
Price:
The entrance fee at the National Museum of Archeology is 7 €.
Address:
Strada Patission nr. 44
Transport:
Metro: Viktoria Station or Omonoia Station.
Visit AlexV Channel for more videos
???? ***DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE !!!***
???? More reviews soon
All Rights Reserved - @AlexV Channel
Museum of Illusions Athens - Promo Video
Enter the Magic World of Illusions
OKRA Rethink-Athens: towards a new city center
Developing the Re-Think Athens project has laid a basis for a new future for Athens' city centre. The movie presents the designs of the OKRA team for the new city centre turning it into a resilient, accessible and vibrant heart.
OKRA, supported by Mixst Urbanisme, WUR, Studio 75, WSGT, Atelier Roland Jeol, LDK and NAMA, have completed their studies, within this short period of time, due to support of Onassis Foundation, Attiko Metro, the City of Athens, several ministries and Greek universities. The works will start in 2014 and will be completed in 2016.
more information:
ACROPOLIS of Athens, Full Reconstruction, 2001
University of Santiago de Compostela.
Technological Research Institute.
FULL RECONSTRUCTION OF AN INCOMPLETE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MODEL (2001, alpha version)
Directed by Carlos Hernandez
Social / Historic Context: Royal Conservatory of Music / The Greek Museum of the Acropolis
Ryerson University
Department of Architectural Science
ASC 201 Design Studio I Editor: CONNOR GAGNON
All material created by students and intended for educational use only.
The Stoa of Attalos Museum in Athens Greece,
Η Στοά του Αττάλου βρίσκεται στον αρχαιολογικό χώρο της Αρχαίας Αγοράς της Αθήνας, στο χώρο του Θησείου, περίπου 250 μ. ανατολικά του Δίπυλου φράσσοντας σχεδόν τον Έσω Κεραμεικό κατά διεύθυνση Βορρά - Νότο, αποτελώντας έτσι το ανατολικό όριο της αρχαίας αγοράς. Χτίστηκε γύρω στο 150 π.Χ., από τον Άτταλο Β΄, Βασιλέα της Περγάμου,
και αποτελούσε το μεγαλύτερο σε μήκος αυτοτελές σκεπαστό οικοδόμημά της, ομοίως και το μεγαλύτερο στον ελλαδικό χώρο κατά την αρχαιότητα. Η ανέγερση της Στοάς ξεκίνησε το 159 π.Χ. και ολοκληρώθηκε μετά από 11 χρόνια, το 138 π.Χ.. Eίχε εμπορικό χαρακτήρα και ήταν ένα περικαλές οικοδόμημα. Στην αρχαιότητα αποτελούσε τον μεγαλύτερο στεγασμένο χώρο συνάντησης και περιπάτου των Αθηναίων. Η Στοά αυτή καταστράφηκε από τους Ερούλους το 267 (μ.Χ.), και η σύγχρονη αναστήλωσή της έγινε το 1953-1956 από την Αμερικανική Σχολή Κλασσικών Σπουδών, με σκοπό τη στέγαση του Μουσείου της Αρχαίας Αγοράς της Αθήνας.
The Stoa of Attalos is an impressive building in the archaeological site of the Ancient Agora in Athens. Originally constructed from 159 BC till 138 BC, this building was donated to the Athenians by Attalus II, king of Pergamus, and his wife, as stated in a sign outside the Stoa. The building had two floors and two lines of marbles columns on the ground floor.
The Stoa of Attalos served as a modern shopping centre, with 21 shops along the two floors. In fact, it was the first and largest shopping centre of the antiquity and became the main meeting point of the Athenians that period. It was destroyed during a siege in 267 AD and was restored in 1953-1956 by the American School of Classical Studies to host an archaeological museum.
The Archaeological Museum of the Stoa of Attalos hosts findings that were excavated in the archaeological site of the Ancient Agora. These findings include marbles statues, parts of columns, coins, ceramic vases, items of daily use, reliefs, weapons and other pieces that date from the Neolithic times till the 6th century AD.
Worth to observe are a giant body state of god Apollo, the large statue of a female figure (goddess or queen), the water clock (clepsydra) used to measure time in the courthouses, the tomb of a little girl that dates from the Geometric times and a bronze Spartian shield that the Athenians took as a war prize in the Battle of Sfaktiria (425 BC). Recently (May 2012) the restoration works on the second floor finished and the museum expanded in both floors.
Address: Adrianou st, 24, Thisseio, Athens.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens Part 1
Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο
The Hellenic Museum - A documentary by Celene Catherine (narrated by Helen Kapalos)
The Hellenic Museum - A Documentary by Celene Catherine (narrated by Helen Kapalos)
VCE Media Studies 2014
Check out:
Acropolis Caryatid statues get laser face-lift
GREECE ACROPOLIS STATUES
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION
RESTRICTIONS: TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLY
LENGTH: 5.01
AP Television
Athens, Greece - 28 March 2014
1. Medium of the Acropolis Parthenon, view from the Acropolis Museum
2. Wide of the Acropolis, view from the Acropolis Museum
3. Wide of the interior of the museum and the floor where the Caryatids are exhibited with one caryatid inside a folding screen.
4. Medium pan right of the floor where the Caryatids are exhibited and the folding screen where the conservator of the Caryatids are.
5. Wide of Caryatid, conservator, and laser equipment as platform lifts up to rich top of sculpture, from inside the folding screen.
6. Medium of Caryatid and preservers holding laser and working on the sculpture.
7. Close up of laser dot on sculpture
8. Close up of hand holding laser
9. Close up of faces of preservers
10. Medium of conservators working on the Caryatid
11. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Costas Vassiliadis, Conservator and Head of Laser-cleaning team:
The truth is that we do think of them a bit like girls. Each one of them has a distinctive shape, they are different sculptures, and they are treated as such. You cannot apply the same treatment to them all.
12. Wide of museum floor with top view of Caryatids folding screen.
13. Medium top shot of conservator working on caryatid viewed from the back side of the sculpture
14. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Costas Vassiliadis, Conservator and Head of Laser-cleaning team:
The years that made the big difference are after the industrialisation of Athens from the 1950s onwards. And it is these three decades that produced the thick black coating on the sculptures and the monuments.
15. Medium of conservators and caryatid from top working on the caryatid
16. Close up of caryatid with small amount of smoke being seen coming out of the statue surface where the laser hits
17. Close up of hands holding laser
18. Medium of caryatid with sucking tube next to it while being cleaned with laser
19. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Costas Vassiliadis, Conservator and Head of Laser-cleaning team:
There are some places that are not reachable or it is very difficult to gain access; most of the times we are succeeding. But in any case we do leave some parts, some reference surface, also known as 'reference surface' in conservation language, that remain on the sculpture and thus someone is able to see how the sculpture was before the cleaning
20. Wide of president of the Acropolis Museum walking next to the Caryatids
21. Medium of caryatids
22. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Dimitrios Pantermalis, President of Acropolis Museum:
With this method, the black mantle that the statues had is removed, and shows the whole history of these sculptures that have seen the glories and the destruction of the Acropolis for the past 2 and half thousand years.
23. Medium pan right of Caryatid to conservators cleaning her.
24. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Dimitrios Pantermalis, President of Acropolis Museum:
For two and half thousand years they have been (the caryatids) subjected to very harsh weather conditions, and were damaged by gunfire, blazes etc. Thus we have to protect them and not strain them anymore.
25. Medium of tourists watching outside the folding screen a TV screen showing the cleaning process.
26. Close up of tourists looking at the TV screen
27. Medium of tourists looking at TV screen
28. Medium zoom out pan left of banner (Greek) Acropolis Museum to wide of museum with tourists passing by the camera
29. Medium of the entrance of the Acropolis Museum
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Richards, Tourist from Manchester England:
31. Wide of Museum of Acropolis
32. SOUNDBITE (English) Trish Richards, Tourist from Manchester England:
LEADIN:
Greece's statues are getting a facelift.
You can license this story through AP Archive:
Find out more about AP Archive:
PHALLEPHORIA CULTURAL EVENT
The ancestor of Comedy and the modern carnival events
Phallephoria is a distinct cultural folk interactive event, the result of thorough research and a careful performance that touches on experimental archaeology. An event that since 2014 has overwhelmed the historic center of Athens and has conquered the hearts of the crowd with its joy and liveliness. Α troupe of Maenads, Satyrs, Silenus, revels, with a leading actor in the role of Dionysus starts from the Acropolis Museum and ends at Kerameikos Arcaheological site, dancing and singing together with the crowds, the passers-by and the shop owners in Plaka. The procession is accompanied by Bacchic music with bagpipes, flutes and percussions.
Organized by the Association for the Research & Study of Hellenic Culture, with the support of Niroi and This is Athens.
A visit to the Alexander Museum
We take an inside look at the Alexander Museum in Alexander, NY. Visit this local history museum located in the United States' only three- story cobblestone town hall.
Alexander Museum
3350 Church Street, Alexander, NY
TownOfAlexander.com
585-591-1204
KMS LTEC Lab: Greek Mythology Wax Museum & Agora Festival
This project was designed to teach students about Greek Mythology by having them research a Greek God or Goddess of their choice and then dress up as that character for display in a wax museum. In addition, students in other classes held a Greek festival (Agora) by creating booths based on Greek themes and then invited parents and other classes to participate in the fun.
Flying at the Ancient Theatre of Thorikos, Attica, Greece
The ruins of the ancient town of Thorikos are located on the east coast of Attica, around 10km (6 mi) north of Cape Sounion.
Being one of the oldest deme of Attica, Thorikos is traditionally considered as being one of the 12 settlements which took part in the political unification, under Athenian hegemony, by Theseus. (Strab. 9.1.20)
By virtue of its proximity to the all-important silver mines of Lavrion, Thorikos was the regional mining centre and was fortified (Xen. Hell. 1.2.1) so as both to protect the sea route to Athens and the silver mines at Lavrion, which were instrumental in Athens’ rise to maritime and geopolitical supremacy.
Under uninterrupted habitation from as early as the Neolithic era (ca 4500 BC) up to the 1st century BC, where, under the Romans, it fell into decay.
The broader site comprises three areas: the plain of Thorikos where the Society of the Dilettanti uncovered part of an ancient building in 1812, Velatouri hill where most of the ancient remains have been found and the peninsula of Aghios Nikolaos to the east.
The theatre of Thorikos is on the southern slope of the hill; it was excavated in 1886 and is noted for the rectangular shape of its orchestra. Studies indicate that the theatre dates back to the 5th century BC. To the SW of the theatre stood a temple of Dionyssos.
Above the theatre and on the sides of the hill are strewn the remains of the city’s industrial quarter, where traces of roads, stairs and houses can still be seen, whilst an ore-enrichment area is defined by a series of basins connected by channels. A Mycenaean tholos tomb as well as graves from various periods as well as parts of a prehistoric settlement, including a Mycenaean metal-working zone, have been unearthed.
At least six towers, seven gateways, four stairways and more than 600 metres (1,970 ft) of walls can still be traced as part of the fortification system of Thorikos.
Text and video clip copyright Eternal Greece Ltd
GREECE, The ACADEMY, the most spectacular building in ATHENS
SUBSCRIBE: - The Academy of Athens (Greek: Ακαδημία Αθηνών, Akadimía Athinón) is Greece's national academy, and the highest research establishment in the country. It was established in 1926, and operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. The Academy's main building is one of the major landmarks of Athens.. Athens is the capital of Greece. It was also at the heart of Ancient Greece, a powerful civilization and empire. The city is still dominated by 5th-century BC landmarks, including the Acropolis, a hilltop citadel topped with ancient buildings like the colonnaded Parthenon temple. The Acropolis Museum, along with the National Archaeological Museum, preserves sculptures, vases, jewelry and more from Ancient Greece.
Greece is a country in southeastern Europe with thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas. Influential in ancient times, it's often called the cradle of Western civilization. Athens, its capital, retains landmarks including the 5th-century B.C. Acropolis citadel with the Parthenon temple. Greece is also known for its beaches, from the black sands of Santorini to the party resorts of Mykonos.
Why did early Greeks build temples?
Professor Catherine Morgan, the 2012 Visiting Professor for the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens (AAIA) delivers a public lecture at The Australian National University.
Temples are nowadays taken for granted as essential features of Greek sanctuaries. Yet following the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces, the nature and function of buildings at cult sites varied greatly - and many sanctuaries were entirely open air. From the eighth century onwards, a marked increase in the number of buildings has led to discussion of how and why the idea of a temple arose and was widely adopted, with a greater consensus about its ideal built form then emerging through the seventh and sixth centuries as the architectural orders took shape.
Far from being a simple progression widely explicable in broad social terms (as the 'rise of the polis'), the variety of Early Iron Age buildings found in recent years suggests a series of local decisions which can only be understood in the context of previous cult practice. In turn, the development of consensus views about building form and decoration is a distinct further step which raises additional questions about patterns of communication, use of materials, and mobility of craftsmen.
This lecture draws on extensive new discoveries and studies over the past decade to explore how and why the notion of a temple emerged as widely as it did. While evidence from across Greece will be considered, special attention will be paid to the area of the Corinthian Gulf, where complex economic and social linkages by land and sea cut across city-state boundaries, contributing to the sharing of ideas and to deliberate patterns of emulation and differentiation.
Catherine Morgan, OBE, is the Director of The British School at Athens and Professor of Classical Archaeology, King's College London. Her recent publications include Phanagoria Studies 1: Attic Fine Pottery of the Archaic to Hellenistic Periods in Phanagoria (Brill 2004) and Pindar's Poetry, Patrons and Festivals: from Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire, edited with S. Hornblower (OUP 2007).
The Athens Pavilion
The Transforming Peak of the City.
Thesis Project
Students: Melpomeni - Kuriaki Katharopoulou
Konstantinos Kapranis
Alexandros Papadopoulos