Selinunte: Temple C

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Title	Selinunte: Temple C
Alternate Title	Selinus: Temple C
View	Doric column on the south flank
Work Type	buildings religious buildings temples complexes sites (locations) archaeological sites excavations (sites)
Style/Period	Archaic (Greek)
Creator Name	unknown
Creator Nationality	Greek (ancient)
Subject.work	architectural exteriors architectural interiors deities mythology (Classical)
Subject.image	columns: Greek baseless Doric columns capitals: Doric
Country	Italy
City	Selinunte
State/Province	Sicily
Alternate Place Names	Selinus
Architectural Material	stone
Technique	carving (processes); construction
Dates	ca. 550-ca. 525 BCE
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Subject Information	Selinus was a Greek colony on the south-west coast of Sicily, some 13 km south of Castelvetrano. It was founded ca. 650 BCE from Megara Hyblaea, on the east coast of Sicily, and flourished as an independent state until it was taken by the Carthaginians in their conquest of 409 BCE; it remained under their rule until abandoned by them in 250 BCE in the face of a Roman attack. The large Temple C on the acropolis (stylobate 23.94 x 63.72 m; probably ca. 550-ca. 525 BCE) displays characteristics of the Sicilian Archaic style, being built to a long, narrow plan of 6 by 17 columns, with a double column front emphasized by a wide stair, a colonnade with thick, heavy columns closely set without corner contraction, and a tall entablature decorated at the eaves and under the pediments with ornamental terracottas. The design was modelled on the early temples of Syracuse. The long, narrow cella was divided into three rooms, with doors in the porch, a cella without inner columns and an adyton (shrine) for the cult image. Both pediments were decorated with large terracotta gorgon masks, as frequently occurred in Archaic Sicilian temples; the eastern front had relief metopes, partly preserved. A huge, artificial terrace in front of the temple, framed by a stoa in the eastern end, was built as part of the same programme.
Information.source	Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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