No. 19. Greek Vase Paintings. A. Doric columns. B. Wall fountain. C. Ionic columns with pediment.
Characteristic Greek details, such as the Anthemion and wave scroll, are traceable to the same sources.
Their architectural work, which was monumental in character, was mostly manifested in the temples, the domestic buildings being relatively unimportant.
No. 20. Greek house about 100 A.D. Bas-relief in British Museum, Bacchus visiting Icarius.
Some idea as to these may be gathered from the vase paintings in the British Museum, on which they appear simple in form, mostly Doric in character, and probably of wood construction, the metopes in the frieze being open spaces for purpose of interior lighting.
Though the Greeks invested many of their creations with Epic and Symbolic meaning, much of their ornament was purely æsthetic.
The sculptured metopes of the Parthenon, representing the conflict between the Lapithae and the Centaurs, are an example of the Epic treatment.