Information AboutIktinos |
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Little is known about the life of Iktinos, most contemporary information being based on the writings of Plutarch . The most complete surviving example of Iktinos's work is the Temple Of Hephaestus in Athens, which has been preserved almost intact as a result of having been a Christian Church. It is a Doric temple. Iktinos is also believed to have designed the Temple Of Apollo At Bassae , the first known use of a Corinthian column, and also the Telesterion shrine of Eleusis , a gigantic hall used in the Eleusinian Mysteries . The artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres painted a scene showing Iktinos together with the lyric poet Pindar - the painting is known as ''Pindar and Ictinus'' and is exhibited at the National Gallery, London . REFERENCES
See also: Kallikrates |