The Temple of Athena

The Temple of Athena

The Temple of Athena Nike, Athens, Greece, 427-424BC is elegant more graceful and lighter in appearance then the other architecture. It is made up of slim proportions like a young woman. The pillars are Ionic with extended scrolled capitals. The shape of the pillars are more slender and have less tapering and stand on ornately profiled bases. There is a delicacy present in this building. Line seems to play a large part in each of these buildings, the slightest curve or extension can change the whole feel. [MH] {AP}