triglyph

Examples of triglyph in the following topics:

• Temple Architecture in the Greek Archaic Period

  • The frieze was decorated with alternating panels of triglyphs and metopes.
  • The triglyphs were decorative panels with three grooves or glyphs that gave the panel its name.
  • The stone triglyphs mimicked the head of wooden beams used in earlier temples.
  • Between the triglyphs were the metopes.
  • While very little paint remains now, the entire pediment scene, triglyphs and metopes, and other parts of the temple would have been painted in bright colors.

• Architecture in the Greek High Classical Period

  • Externally, 20 Doric columns supported a frieze with triglyphs and metopes.
  • The circular wall of the cella was also crowned by a similar frieze, metopes, and triglyphs to a lesser extent.

• Aegina

  • While very little paint remains now, the entire pediment scene, triglyphs and metopes, and other parts of the temple would have been painted in bright colors.

• The Acropolis

  • The optical refinements found in the Parthenon, the slight curve given to the whole building and the ideal placement of the metopes and triglyphs over the column capitals represent the Greek desire to achieve a perfect and harmonious design known as symmetria.
  • The exterior of the temple has a Doric frieze consisting of metopes and triglyphs.

• The Parthenon

  • The exterior of the temple has a Doric frieze consisting of metopes and triglyphs.

• Delphi and Greek Treasuries

  • The treasury has Doric columns and a frieze of triglyphs and thirty metopes that depict scenes from the life of Theseus, an Athenian mythological hero, and Herakles.

• Classical Greek Architecture

  • The triglyphs have three vertical grooves, similar to columnar fluting, and below them are guttae, small strips that appear to connect the triglyps to the architrave below.