ICTINUS

ĭktīˈnəs, fl. 2d half of 5th cent. b.c., one of the greatest architects of Greece. His celebrated work is the Parthenon (447–432 b.c.) upon the acropolis at Athens, which he built with the architect Callicrates as associate. Ictinus also built the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, near Phigalia, c.430 b.c. and is said to have rebuilt the Telesterion at Eleusis.

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books on: Ictinus  - 118 results

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The Architecture of Ancient Greece: An Account of Its Historic Development
Book by William Bell Dinsmoor, William J. Anderson, R. Phené Spiers; Biblo and Tannen, 1973
Subjects: Architecture--Greece
...Bassae in Arcadia, a remarkable example by Ictinus, the architect of the Parthenon, and...as for the date, it is obvious that Ictinus could never have designed such a temple...planned the Parthenon. It is possible that Ictinus may have been, like Colotes, a native...
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From Polis to Empire, the Ancient World, C. 800 B.C.-A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Andrew G. Traver; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: History, Ancient--Dictionaries
...A. Campbell, ed., Greek Lyric , vol. 3, 1991. Robert Dyer ICTINUS (fifth century B.C.) Ictinus was a Greek architect who helped build the Parthenon in Athens. Ictinus was one of a number of architects who worked at Athens during the...
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The Architecture of Ancient Greece: An Account of Its Historic Development
Book by William Bell Dinsmoor; Biblo and Tannen, 1973
Subjects: Architecture--Greece
...Bassae in Arcadia, a remarkable example by Ictinus, the architect of the Parthenon, and...as for the date, it is obvious that Ictinus could never have designed such a temple...planned the Parthenon. It is possible that Ictinus may have been, like Colotes, a native...
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Studies of the Gods in Greece at Certain Sanctuaries Recently Excavated: Being Eight Lectures Given in 1890 at the Lowell Institute
Book by Louis Dyer; Macmillan and Co., 1894
Subjects: Cults--Greece, Greece--Antiquities, Greece--Religion
may be possible of the Hall of Ictinus. I owe to the kindness of Dr. Dorpfeld the sketch...OUTLINE-SKETCH OF THE GROUND-PLAN OF THE HALL OF ICTINUS I. Chamber added by Ictinus. K. Hall of Cimon. A. Foundations which later served...
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A Herman Melville Encyclopedia
Book by Robert L. Gale; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Authors, American--19th Century--Biography--Encyclopedias, Melville, Herman--1819-1891--Encyclopedias
...midnight festivities in the forecastle. Ictinus also spelled Iktinos fl. 5th century B.C. . A Greek architect, Ictinus designed and built the Parthenon at...Pericles * and the sculptor Phidias. Ictinus also helped build the Hall of the Mysteries...
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journal articles on: Ictinus  - 2 results

 
 
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From Georgian to Victorian: Nicholas Dixon Asks Whether There Was a Radical Transition between the Two Eras
Journal article by Nicholas Dixon; History Review, 2010
...context, noted by John Summerson in his amusing comment concerning the tower of St. Johns Waterloo Road (the kind of tower Ictinus might have put on the Parthenon if the Athenians had had the advantage of belonging to the Church of England), aroused the...
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Realist Quandaries: Posing Professional and Proprietary Models in the 1860s
Journal article by Susan Waller; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007
Subjects: Art, Impressionism, Traditions
...Delaroches compositions, however, which showed assemblies of artists gathered around male figuresHomer in the Ingres and Apelles, Ictinus, and Phidias in the Delaroche-or even Fantins earlier Homage to Delacroix, which centered on the image of the deceased...


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magazine articles on: Ictinus  - 16 results

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Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 211, February 2002
Subjects: Architecture--Services, Online services--Services, Web sites--Analysis
...ferocious web-usability guru, Jakob Nielsen, would approve. Ictinus at last - and Callicrates too Some sites we have looked at...from prehistory to now. Back in January 2000 we tried the Ictinus test and failed to find any reference to him or to Greek architecture...
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The First Tourist: In the 15th Century, Cyriacus of Ancona Journeyed in Search of the Mediterranean's Classical Past. in So Doing, He Laid the Groundwork for the 18th-Century Grand Tour and Today's Cultural Holidays
Magazine article by Marina Belozerskaya; History Today, Vol. 60, March 2010
Subjects: Archaeologists--Influence, Cyriacus of Ancona--Influence
...comprising both the old temple of Athena Polias, in which is the lamp that is never quenched, and the Parthenon built by Ictinus, in which is the work in ivory by Pheidias, the Athena; stood imprisoned by medieval crenellated walls and guarded by belligerent...
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Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, June 2003
Subjects: Architecture--Exhibitions, Royal Institute of British Architects--Finance, Royal Institute of British Architects--Social aspects, Victoria and Albert Museum--Finance, Victoria and Albert Museum--Social aspects
...standard form they provide. Retreating to the text search page I forlornly attempted Callicrates and then didnt bother with Ictinus. The locations page seemed not to respond although a later look revealed that you have to click on one of the very small letters...
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Space Exploration: Kevin Pratt on "Clip/Stamp/Fold"
Magazine article by Kevin Pratt; Artforum International, Vol. 45, May 2007
Subjects: Astronomical photography--Criticism and interpretation, Astronomical photography--Exhibitions, Outer space--Discovery and exploration, Space exploration
...should come as no surprise that the disillusioned draftsmen of the 60s and 70s have become the modern-day equivalents of Ictinus, Callicrates, and Phidias. One only wonders how the increasing awareness of this pervasive and compressed cycling of historical...
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Browser: Sutherland Lyall Digs into the Rich Ores of Architectural Cyberspace
Magazine article by Sutherland Lyall; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, April 2003
Subjects: Architects--Services, Architectural firms--Services, Architectural practice, Web sites--Evaluation
...site via the Great Buildings Collection at www.greatbuildings.com/architects.html. I was thinking of giving up the Ictinus/Callicrates test on the grounds of its relative obscurity and the fact that too many people know about it. But here is triumphant...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ictinus  - 6 results

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Ictinus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ICTINUS ikti n s, fl. 2d half of 5th cent. b.c., one of the greatest architects...at Athens, which he built with the architect Callicrates as associate. Ictinus also built the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, near Phigalia, c...
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Parthenon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Athens. Built under Pericles between 447 b.c. and 432 b.c., it is the culminating masterpiece of Greek architecture. Ictinus and Callicrates were the architects and Phidias supervised the sculpture. The temple is peripteral, with eight Doric columns...
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Phigalia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...temple of Apollo at Bassae, near Phigalia. Since 1814 it has been in the British Museum. The geographer Pausanias names Ictinus as the architect of the temple. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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Callicrates
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CALLICRATES k lik r tez, 5th cent. b.c., Greek architect. In association with Ictinus he built (447 432 b.c.) the Parthenon at Athens. At Athens also he designed (c.427) the Temple of Nike...
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Pericles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...develop the splendor of Athens. He became a great patron of the arts and encouraged drama and music. Under his direction Ictinus and Callicrates, Phidias and others produced such monuments as the Parthenon and the Propylaea on the Acropolis. Pericles...
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