The Philippeion ( Greek : Φιλιππεῖον ) in the Altis of Olympia was an Ionic circular memorial in limestone and marble, a tholos , which contained chryselephantine (ivory and gold) statues of Philip 's family: himself, Alexander the Great , Olympias , Amyntas III and Eurydice I . It was made by the Athenian sculptor Leochares in celebration of Philip's victory at the battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) . It was the only structure inside the Altis dedicated to a human.
7-399: The temple consisted of an outer colonnade of Ionic order with 18 columns. Inside it had nine engaged columns of the lavishly designed Corinthian order . It had a diameter of 15 metres. The naos contained two windows, much like Hera II at Paestum. It had a carved marble roof which was decorated with a bronze poppy head on top. The importance of the chryselephantine material used is that it
14-522: A Greek building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Colonnade In classical architecture , a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature , often free-standing, or part of a building. Paired or multiple pairs of columns are normally employed in a colonnade which can be straight or curved. The space enclosed may be covered or open. In St. Peter's Square in Rome, Bernini's great colonnade encloses
21-526: A vast open elliptical space. When in front of a building, screening the door (Latin porta ), it is called a portico . When enclosing an open court, a peristyle . A portico may be more than one rank of columns deep, as at the Pantheon in Rome or the stoae of Ancient Greece . When the intercolumniation is alternately wide and narrow, a colonnade may be termed "araeosystyle" (Gr. αραιος, "widely spaced", and συστυλος, "with columns set close together"), as in
28-519: Is however disputed whether or not Philip constructed this monument or whether Alexander had it constructed later, in which case the motives would be different. [REDACTED] Media related to Philippeion at Wikimedia Commons 37°38′19″N 21°37′46″E / 37.6387°N 21.6294°E / 37.6387; 21.6294 This article relating to archaeology in Greece is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
35-670: The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , (in style a peripteral classical temple) can be termed a colonnade. As well as the traditional use in buildings and monuments, colonnades are used in sports stadiums such as the Harvard Stadium in Boston , where the entire horseshoe-shaped stadium is topped by a colonnade. The longest colonnade in the United States, with 36 Corinthian columns ,
42-538: The case of the western porch of St Paul's Cathedral and the east front of the Louvre . Colonnades (formerly as colonade) have been built since ancient times and interpretations of the classical model have continued through to modern times, and Neoclassical styles remained popular for centuries. At the British Museum , for example, porticos are continued along the front as a colonnade. The porch of columns that surrounds
49-454: Was also the material used for the statue of Zeus at Olympia (comparing the Macedonian royal family to the gods). The fact that Alexander is represented here is also important, as Philip had seven wives, therefore after his death there very well could have been claims to the throne by people other than Alexander. By putting Alexander in the statue it makes it clear who the successor should be. It
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