Ancient tim Nkij teb chaws yuav yeej ib txwm yuav xav nyob rau hauv tib neeg. Txhua archaeological finds txog lub ancient lub sij hawm, tam sim ntawd attracts xim. Thiab nws tsis yog tsab, vim hais tias ua tsaug rau qhov no civilization peb muaj ntau npaum li ntawd cim kev txawj ntse nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov spheres ntawm lub neej. Kev kawm txog zauv, physics, astronomy, architecture, ntaub ntawv, cov tshuaj thiab ntau yam ntxiv tau txais ib tug haib txoj kev loj hlob nyob rau hauv Greek zej zog, uas pab tag nrho cov tib neeg nyob rau hauv lub neej yav tom ntej era.
Cov ancient Greeks nrhiav ib txwm mus cuag qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Nyob rau hauv lawv kab lis kev cai ua koomtxoos nco txog txoj kev zoo nkauj thiab sib raug zoo. Xam tias yog ib qho tseem ceeb heev tau ntawm lub Greeks nyob rau hauv architecture. Lawv zoo siab hlo ua subordinate tag nrho kom xyuam xim thiaj txig twb tsis siv nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov kev sib raug zoo ntawm architecture. Txij thaum pib ntawm txoj kev siv ntawm cov pob zeb raws li lub ntsiab lub tsev cov ntaub ntawv uas, tau pib tshwm sim thiab tshiab tiam sis nyob rau hauv architecture. Tus thawj pob zeb temples pub sawv tseem lub qub ntoo vaj tse ntawm sacral cim. Txawm li cas los, thaum lub sij hawm nws tau los ua ntau thiab ntau sib txawv. Yog li ntawd, yog ib tug Doric. Tapering ntawm qhov saum toj ntawm sab twb muab tso ncaj qha rau ntawm lub pob zeb platform (stilobat), nws twb tsis muaj lub hauv paus capital kem muaj ib tug yeej phaj - Ehin thiab square - abaca. Saum toj no nws horizontally stacked lub dav beam - architrave. Nyob rau hauv Doric kem peev yog tsis decorated nrog cov hniav trim. Ib tug piv txwv zoo rau kev txiav txim no - lub Parthenon, ib lub tuam tsev rau rau siab ua tus vajtswv poj niam Athena, nyob rau hauv lub Acropolis ntawm Athens. Nws ua tau raws li cov canons ntawm lub Doric kev txiav txim. Nws tseem nyiam nrog nws txig-xam tau tias yog proportions thiab understated zoo siab kev zoo nkauj.
Nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm ua tsov ua rog ntawm Athens thiab Sparta nyob rau hauv lub Greek Ionic thiaj architecture tsim. Nws tau txais nws lub npe los ntawm qhov tseeb hais tias originated nyob rau hauv Ionia. Qhov no thiaj yog yus muaj los ntawm graceful teeb proportions thiab hniav tsim, yam ntxwv kho kom zoo nkauj rau lub capitals ntawm lub kab nyob rau hauv daim ntawv ntawm ib tug muab ob npaug rau kauv ornaments rau nws. Nyob rau hauv no style, ua lub tuam tsev ntawm Nike Athena Nike thiab cov Erechtheion. Lawv kuj nyob rau hauv lub Acropolis ntawm Athens. Piv nrog rau lub heev ntawm lub Doric architectural kev txiav txim, Ionic tawm saib yuav luag poj niam elegance. Nws yuav pab raws li ib tug piv txwv zoo rau ntawm tus naas ej portico caryatids ntawm Erechtheum. Siv rau saum cov ntxhais es tsis txhob ntawm txhua txhawb lub tswv yim ntawm lightness thiab surprises nrog nws tej yam yees siv kev zoo nkauj. Tsis tas li ntawd tshiab yog dai kom zoo ntawm abaca (qhov no yog rau sab saum toj phaj ntawm sab capitals) nicely varied carvings.
Nyob rau hauv lub Hellenistic lub sij hawm los ua nrov Corinthian kev txiav txim, nws tau ua ib tug yam ntxwv feature ntawm lub magnificently dai kom zoo nkauj dai kom zoo nkauj capitals ntawm lub kab. Nws ua ib tug zoo scrolling acanthus nplooj. Kev siv cov Corinthian thiaj nyob rau hauv lub interiors ntawm ancient Greek tuam tsev ntxiv tej qhov tseem ceeb thiab kev zoo nkauj ntawm tus dawb huv chaw uas gods saum twb ntsia. Kuj ceeb tias siab kem capitals muab lub tswv yim ntawm ib lub toj thiab yooj yim ntawm architectural proportions ntawm thaj chaw.
Nyob rau hauv lub neej yav tom ntej, lub Doric, Ionic thiab Corinthian architectural txiav txim underwent hloov nyob rau hauv lub canonical proportions, tau ntau dua los yog tsawg yooj yooj yim thiab yooj yim, tab sis, nrog tag nrho cov no, yeej tsis poob lub symmetry ntawm cov kev cai, uas tau qhuas lawv cov creators, thiab tam sim no peb yog.