The Erechtheion, 421-405 B.C.E. (Classical Greek), Acropolis, Athens Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Steven Zucker and Beth Harris.
Whoever's paying for most buildings today don't/can't quantify the importance of beauty into the budget 🙄 modern architecture says it's "minimalist" to disguise the fact it's slightly less ugly brutalism
I could listen to Dr. Harris and Dr. Zucker everyday simply for their vocal clarity and calmness; but I think I come back time and time again for the knowledge learned along the way. Excellent content, you two!
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This is a superb video, the enthusiasm of the speakers and the informative, but not too dry descriptions of the architecture make it a delight to listen to and the illustrative tour is very smooth and flowing - I wish all architectural 'tours' could be done this way! Great job! I had not heard of it until now but it strikes me as more interesting than the 'main attraction'! It would be wonderful to see an artist's reconstruction of the Erechtheion with all the glass and gold you describe! I feel like Athena would really appreciate this house for an older and arguably much more important statue.
New theory; these are the daughters of King Erectheus. An oracle declared that Athen's survival depended on the death of one of the daughters, Chthonia. The other sisters take their own lives.
Come to the Reynolda House Museum of American Art to see: Frederick Church: a Painter’s Pilgrimage- featuring “The Parthenon.” The exhibit is glorious! Available till May 10.
I can't decide if "architrave" or "anthemion" is my new favorite word, but they're both very cool. This is the most we've zoomed-in on the capitals and I wish a bit more time had been spent on them. Apparently egg-and-dart (also cool) symbolizes life and death? What exactly is the abacus in this context? Gone too soon.
man these vids are so informative but i gotta say theyre so dense, its hard to follow them for me. maybe ill be able to come back to it and understand it better another time
@@smarthistory-art-history I would also recommend skimming a Wikipedia article first, then playing the video. Also, at the bottom of each RU-vid windo is a gear that allows you to select playback speed. You can select faster or slower playback.
No one is building this place now, though there is longterm conservation work being done on this and surrounding structures. It was originally built by the Athenians.
The sculptures currently on the building are replicas. Five of the originals are in the Acropolis Museum at the bottom of the hill in Athens, the sixth figure is in London.
@@smarthistory-art-history oh I didn't know, thank you for replying on an 8 year old video :) I will visit Athens in April, I will make sure to see the real ones too!
Jason Papoutsis You mean western Turkey. And I don't think that would've made a difference to Alexanders megalomania anyway, you always have to give the people a justification for war.
alexander destroyed it....or so it is said.....apparently the after party got out of control....his soldiers so drunk....fire broke out and the cedar roof and celing burnt furiously....result....ruin.....A ruin to us.
Persepolis (Persia) was invaded way many times more than Greece... By Hellenes, by Byzantines,by Arabs ... And the current modern day country of Iran is a Islamic republic, which I think contributes in them not taking much care of their Zoroastrian monuments.
