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...introduction Professor Doerpfeld showed on the screen a number of the best preserved Doric temples-including the Parthenon and the so-called Theseum-edifices which exhibit the order in its perfection; and then raised the question as to the origin of the Doric temple. According to the traditional belief, the Doric temple in its finest forms was a spontaneous creation, springing complete and perfect from the brain of Greek architects, as Athena, with helmet and spear, darted into life from the head of Zeus. Numerous excavations conducted in recent years have demonstrated the incorrectness of this view. They have shown...
...conclusion, he remarked that although in its elements the Doric temple was of foreign origin, it was to the genius of Greek architects that we owe this most perfect of all creations...
...earliest period there was only a simple, circular area; the spectators sat upon rows of wooden benches. To Aeschylus, near the beginning of the fifth century, was due the introduction, upon the edge of this circular area of a wooden hut, or skene. This was the origin of the "stage" building. In the fourth century the theatre was rebuilt in stone, but a wooden proscenium was retained. At a later date this proscenium was rebuilt in stone. It is in the Roman epoch that we find the elevated stage for the first time...
...account of the situation of Olympia, and threw on a screen pictures and plans of the buildings within the sanctuary, describing the great columns and the pedimental sculptures of the temple of Zeus and the construction of the temple of Hera, the oldest temple in Greece. This temple was originally of wood, but was renewed little by little in marble. The careful study of its remains has finally solved the perplexing question of the origin of the Doric style of architecture. The pictures showed very clearly the varying sizes of the columns and that the original wooden pillars had gradually...
Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Origin of the Rhode Island Constitution. Mr. A. M. Mowry. Industrial and Financial Conditions in Massachusetts, 1783-87. Mr. W. Nicholson. University...