Greek Temple

This is an ancient Greek Temple I made today, with reference to pictures of ruined Doric-order architecture. I haven’t paid much attention to the materials yet, as I’ve just finished building it.

I’m quite happy with it, although I will probably add some corner ornaments to the roof. I think I’ll put it in a scene upon a hill or something.

Any constructive criticism is welcome.

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hmmmm nothing to make constructive comment on… that’s just great work. it would possibly benefit from a more impressive camera position to really show of its grandeur. excellent

That is just excellent, the only thing I can think of adding is that often when I’ve seen pictures of Greek temples, they have a bit of a sculpture of the Olympians in that recess above the entrance. Not sure if that would add to or detract from the model though :confused:

That reminds me of the Parthenon, if it is, it needs a small area inside with more stairs like this photo:

And also, you need a relief above the entrance.

Thank you for the advice! It isn’t a reconstruction of any specific building, just a heavily inspired creation. I was indeed thinking about making some sculpted figures to go in the recess under the roof. Another detail I had noticed in photos was symbols carved between each Triglyph (the triple line). I believe these carvings are known as Metopes.

Before making this I had no knowledge of ancient Greek architecture, but this has been a fabulous learning experience. I thoroughly recommend picking a historical era such as this and building something from it.

the inner steps aren’t present on all roman temples. at least, ive been to a few, and none of them had the inner stairs. it also doesn’t have the right number of columns, or a double row, as the pantheon or a similar length to width ratio… thats not to say it’s bad, but Negative’s made a different building is all.
greatbuildings is a generally great site for starting research on buildings. there is a great little wireframe plan and section on a lot of the buildings so you can build straight off those…

annoyingly, i can’t remember the term, but the resessed triangle between the roof and the columns… if you can find a very good image of sculpture that would fit in that, you can sculpt a very convincing displacement and apply the image…

Good modeling ,nice work. :stuck_out_tongue:

After what you guys said, I’ll take back my comment. I hadn’t realized you said it was a mix, my b :frowning:

Thanks dvandamme, that sounds like a great way to get that sculpting done. :slight_smile: