"The cook in the kitchen does more than produce the sum of the parts."

Lecture at Notre Dame regarding origins and connections and idea sharing between cultures

No concrete answer no certainties. just ideas.


Questions about Origins

Doric and Ionic = 2 key orders

Focus on Triglyphs

origin?


Possibilities
Structure
wood construction
but is it?
Triglyphs used on altars as early as it is on temples
could not have developed like columns which required an evolution period
not evolution = revolution - no prototype-either you have them or you don't


Influence- borrowed
Continuity or revival?

Mycenaeans (crete)

Egypt
                               both more rich + sophisticated that the Greeks.
Late Hittite
Armenian
Phoenician
                               near east

How are designs/ideas shared?

Aeolic capital
    -early greek
    -from Egypt/East
          mycenaean art

              -ionic precursor






Temple of Artemis- Ephesus
                         Egyptian hypostyle hall
                      echoes via impact/feel     not forms





Ornament + Appearance
desire for decoration well before weaving
aesthetically superior

Meaning
some basic meanings that determine culture
"after a while we just use them because we use them"
                     Vitruvius- story of the Corinthian column
                                      (not consistent- moves around from topic to topic)
                                      calathos- pot shaped like a basket
                                      with a tile on top and plants grown over
                                 this is not true        there is evidence of evolution

triglyphs + tripods:
tripods= enormously important to Greeks
 
 end of 7th c. BC 630/640





Looking at some other related things and their origins:

Columns
column as metaphorical human body
temple as frozen ritual
temple as hoplite phalanx
as sacrificial assembly

Sanctuary
sacred place- natural feature
altar
boundary
offerings- a hurt
     temples= store houses for offerings
                 = house of the god
                 = offering to the god

Libations- prestige objects
     conceptual appearance of offerings may tell us something about arch. materials of art/artist tells us about arch. - tectonic arts + technical arts

Libation bowl > > > capital


CONTAMINATION- CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH