The Hellenistic Era: Greek Urbanism After Democracy

1. The Hellenistic Era: Greek Urbanism After Democracy

2. I. Hellenistic acropolis design Sanctuary of Athena, Lindos, Greece, 3rd – 2nd century B.C.

3. I. Sanctuary of Athena, Lindos on the island of Rhodes

4. I. Classical acropolis design Hellenistic acropolis design The Acropolis in Athens Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos

5. I. Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos in the Classical period in the Hellenistic period Monarchy: Ruler cult and its architecture Subjectivity: stress on introspection/interior experience Theatricality: drama and/or pictorial illusion in design Choreography: directed paths

6. I. A. What are five central themes of Hellenistic spatial planning and how do they relate to the interrelated Hellenistic contexts of monarchy and subjectivity? I. A. 1. monumental stairs Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos

7. I. A. 2. sweeping sight lines Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos

8. I. A. 3. terracing Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos . through the winged Doric stoa in front of a propylaia

9. I. A. 3. Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos

10. I. A. 3. Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos

11. I. A. 4. frontality Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos

12. I. A. 4. Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos

13. I. A. 5. dynamic tension Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos dynamic tension between the old temple and the new setting columns do not line up

14. I. B. In reviewing for exam, be ready to account for the options/experience of the viewer in a Hellenistic sanctuary compared to a Classical sanctuary Classical acropolis in Athens Hellenistic acropolis in Lindos

15. I. C. Nature: How has the role of nature in the architectural setting changed in the Hellenistic period compared to the Classical period? Classical setting in Lindos Hellenistic redesign in Lindos

16. II. Hellenistic city design: A monarchy proposes an enticing alternative to the democratic polis 4. City plan and Great Altar in Pergamon, Turkey, 282-133 B.C.

17. II. Pergamon’s Great Altar as reconstructed in Berlin’s State Museum in 1929

18. II. Pergamon, Turkey capital of the Attalid dynasty, 282-133 B.C. Portrait of King Attalos I

19. II. 1. Pergamon, Turkey (Ionia) Pergamon 1st phase Roman addition Pergamon 2nd phase

20. II. A. How did the Attalids use design to position their city as the inevitable destiny of centuries of Greek culture: 1. by paying homage to the Mycenaean past? 2. Bronze-Age citadel/palace Classical polis Hellenistic polis on the hill agora acropolis Mycenae, Greece Athens Pergamon Priene

21. II. A. 2. by proposing itself as the new Athens? Pergamon– the Athena terrace

22. II. A. 2. Propylon gate entrance to the Athena terrace Stoaon the Athena terrace

23. II. B. How did the Attalids play down personal aspects of their autocratic rule? Royal Palace addition by King Eumenes II Royal Palace buildings

24. III. Subjectivity: How the design of Pergamon overpowers the personal in mesmerizing environments Pergamon

25. III. A. 1. How does the design flaunt anti-Hippodamian design ideals in its use of: 1. angles? 5. Hellenistic Lindos Classical Priene Hellenistic Pergamon

26. III. A. 2. terraces? terraces ignore topography in order to “reveal” Pythagorean substratum terraces augment the topography Priene, Turkey (Ionia) Pergamon, Turkey (Ionia)

27. III. A. 2. Pergamon

28. III. A. 2. Pergamon

29. III. A. 2. Pergamon – Athena Terrace

30. III. A. 2. Pergamon library on the Athena terrace

31. III. A. 2. Pergamon library section

32. III. C. How is architecture used to fortify the natural contours of the mountain site? 6. Pergamon: theater terrace and 700' long stoa

33. III. C. Pergamon upper city: theater terrace and 700' long stoa

34. III. C. Pergamon lower city: gym on three levels

35. III. D. What psychological effects does this highly arbitrary but dramatic environment have on subjects? Pergamon, Turkey (Ionia)

36. IV. Architecture: Molding traditional buildings into a monarchical ideology Roman numeral IV is not on the exam in 2011. Cancel the Great Altar of Pergamon from the monument’s list.