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Callicrates
Callicrates , 5th cent. BC, Greek architect. In association with Ictinus he built (447-432 BC) the Parthenon at Athens. At Athens also he designed (c.427) the Temple of Nike. ... Read more
Ictinus
Ictinus , fl. 2d half of 5th cent. BC, one of the greatest architects of Greece. His celebrated work is the Parthenon (447-432 BC) upon the acropolis at Athens, which he built with the architect Callicrates as associate. Ictinus also built the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, near Phigali... Read more
Parthenon
Parthenon [Gr.,=the virgin's place], temple sacred to Athena, on the acropolis at Athens. Built under Pericles between 447 BC and 432 BC, it is the culminating masterpiece of Greek architecture. Ictinus and Callicrates were the architects and Phidias supervised the sculpture. The temple i... Read more
Pericles
Pericles , c.495-429 BC, Athenian statesman. He was a member of the Alcmaeonidae family through his mother, a niece of Cleisthenes. He first came to prominence as an opponent of the Areopagus (462) and as one of the prosecutors of Cimon , whom he replaced in influence. From then on he was the p... Read more
Greek architecture
Greek architecture the art of building that arose on the shores of the Aegean Sea and flourished in the ancient world. Origins of Greek Architecture Palaces of the Minoan civilization remain at Knossos and Phaestus on Crete. Of the later Mycenaean civilization , surviving examples are ... Read more

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Callicrates
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Callicrates , 5th cent. BC, Greek architect. In association with Ictinus he built (447-432 BC) the Parthenon at Athens. At Athens also he designed (c.427) the Temple of Nike.
Pericles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...splendor of Athens. He became a great patron of the arts and encouraged drama and music. Under his direction Ictinus and Callicrates, Phidias and others produced such monuments as the Parthenon and the Propylaea on the Acropolis. Pericles established colonies...
Parthenon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Built under Pericles between 447 BC and 432 BC, it is the culminating masterpiece of Greek architecture. Ictinus and Callicrates were the architects and Phidias supervised the sculpture. The temple is peripteral, with eight Doric columns at each end...
Ictinus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...His celebrated work is the Parthenon (447-432 BC) upon the acropolis at Athens, which he built with the architect Callicrates as associate. Ictinus also built the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, near Phigalia, c.430 BC and is said to have...
Greek architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...extended from 480 BC to 323 BC That incredibly productive era includes the reign of Pericles in Athens, in which the architects Callicrates , Mnesicles , and Ictinus flourished and in which the Parthenon and other great works were produced. After the passing of...

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Callicrates
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Callicrates. C5 bc Athenian architect, responsible with Ictinus for the Greek Doric temple known as the Parthenon (447–436...
Parthenon
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...honour Athens' patron goddess and to commemorate the recent Greek victory over the Persians. It was designed by Ictinus and Callicrates with sculptures by Phidias, including a colossal gold and ivory statue of Athene. It remains standing, despite being severely...
Kallikrates
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Kallikrates. See Callicrates .
Ictinus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Ictinus, or Iktinos ( fl. C5 bc). Distinguished architect active in Periclean Athens, he (with Callicrates ) designed the Parthenon (447–432 bc), and wrote a description of the building (with Carpion) that has not survived...

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Down memory lane.(browser)(www.washington.edu/ark2)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...architectural searches. Still the time honoured tests of Ictinus and Callicrates came up trumps with five views of the Parthenon. Two things...speaking a really efficient search engine would cope with Callicrates and Kallicrates. The other thing good about the search engine...
Browser: Sutherland Lyall nimbly swings through the forests of architectural cyberspace. (View).
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 2/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...gwahsh' is about as good as the Shorter Oxford Dictionary offers. Before those PADDI librarians write in again, I did try Callicrates and Ictinus. To no effect. There were lots and lots of words based on icon but nothing approaching the Greeks. Not a word...
Letters.
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 2/1/2003; 700+ words ; ...I cannot believe that anyone can understand that message unless they have read the script beforehand. Did Ictinus and Callicrates or Palladio require people to read a textbook before visiting their work? Can it be that both these buildings, which have...
Sliced toast.(Browser)(Adrian Welch architecutral websites)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 7/1/2003; 700+ words ; ...news, interiors, dining, unbuilt design, links and a search page. No, since you were going to ask, there's no Callicrates or Ictinus which is just as well since this is about contemporary Edinburgh architecture and not the old stuff. There are...
Beauty secrets of the Parthenon.
Magazine article from: World and I; 1/1/2009; 700+ words ; ...so--my beauty is classic, my artistry classless. Those in charge of my upbringing (the famous Pheidias, Ictinus and Callicrates) took great pains that I grew properly. Even now, I look gorgeously straight and symmetrical only because I am not. My...
Athenian glory.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...especially sacred to Athena, the patron of Athens and the goddess of wisdom and war. Together with the architects Ictinus and Callicrates, Phidias created a vision of the Acropolis as a religious and cultural center. Thematically and visually, the buildings...
Ancient treasure - Athens rises above the crowd - and smog - as a center of history and culture.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 9/21/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...building, made entirely of white pentelic marble and surrounded by freestanding columns. It was designed by Ictinus and Callicrates, with sculptures by Phidias. There is a continuous frieze band inside the colonnade depicting the entire Panathenaic procession...
Cultural Arena: As Follyrood becomes jolly good, we have it both ways
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 11/29/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...name or to surrender the tapes of her confidential interviews with Mr Pericles and the building's architects Letinus-Callicrates-Miralles, she said: "Of course we didn't consider questions of cost. If we had done so we would have put up a shed...
The shining light.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Greek adjective parthenos ("maiden") and became known as the Parthenon. The architects of the Parthenon, Ictinus and Callicrates, created a structure that remains today the symbol of Athens. Doric columns almost 35 feet tall bordered the huge temple...
Modernity enhances antiquity; Nearby Parthenon inspires reverent tribute to the wonders of Greece's Golden Age.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario); 7/11/2009; 700+ words ; ...metres from the seminal structure. The Parthenon, a creation of the legendary architects of ancient Greece - Ictinus, Callicrates and Phidias, the sculptor - is easily one of the most important buildings in the world. Constructed roughly 2,500 years...