W.020 Temple of Zeus Olympius

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

January 1960

Image ID

W.020

Alternate Identifier

B22.020

Subcollection

W: Attica, Crete, Santorini

Abstract

The majestic Corinthian columns of the Temple of Zeus Olympius.

Description

Trachtenberg writes that this temple is one of the earliest instances of "the Corinthian" appearing "as the principal exterior order of a normal peripteral temple" (103). Of the 104 columns of the temple, with 8 and 20 on the short and long sides (octastyle dipteral), only sixteen remain today. Fifteen of these remain standing, while one of them collapsed because of a feirce wind in 1852. They are approximately 1.7 m in diameter, and have 20 flutes. -MA

References

Trachtenberg, Marvin, and Isabelle Hyman. "Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-modernism: The Western Tradition." New York: Prentice-Hall, H.N. Abrams, 1986.

Image Notes

Creation date unknown. Photograph processed August 1960. Formerly catalogued as B22.020. Notes written on the slide or index: Temple of Zeus.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Athens, Greece