The Parthenon
447-432 BC
Iktinos and Kallikrates; Phidias's sculptures. The entasis (the columns curve outward in the middle) and the floor curvature correct for optical distortion. The reference text for Western architecture for 2,500 years.
447-432 BC
Iktinos and Kallikrates; Phidias's sculptures. The entasis (the columns curve outward in the middle) and the floor curvature correct for optical distortion. The reference text for Western architecture for 2,500 years.