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   ocr: PAGE 4 motion. This was accomplished by alternating light and shadow on the temple using the alternating with each column an empty space), and by using the technique of alternates light and shadow on the column itself). In the case of the Parthenon, the architects went sO far as to dish" (to make concave) the foundation of the building to create the appearance of a moving body" of stone. This quality of motion or vibration was calculated to make the stone a "living and preathing organism" which the Greeks called plastikos' I or plasticity - Following the aavice of Aristotle, the purpose