Pantheon

The importance of concrete for mankind is so huge that hard to really appreciate so it is not surprising that people living today in concrete houses, driving on concrete roads don't have even an idea that they owe it to ancient Romans. Even that in case of arch they not discovered all by themselves We can be grateful for Romans that they not wasted legacies of earlier generations respected it and learned from them with Greek philosophy also secrets of architecture. I like to think…

will discuss the architectural accomplishments of two particular monuments of human history – the Greek Parthenon, and the Roman Pantheon. The Parthenon and the Pantheon equally possess unique styles and designs that have influenced architecture since their constructions. This essay will elaborate on these unique architectural visions of the Parthenon and the Pantheon, drawing similarities and differences between the two wonders of Greek and Roman culture. The Greek Parthenon was completed in…

The topic chosen for this discussion post was the religious aspect of Ancient Greece, the Pantheon of Gods. Ancient Greece, as in so many other ancient societies, was polytheistic and each god or goddess corresponded to some natural phenomena. There were twelve “main” gods each representing some element of society that the Greeks deemed important. The King of the gods was Zeus, who ruled over the sky, and controlled the weather. Next there was Poseidon, who ruled over the seas, and then there…

Canaanites, Greeks, Romans and Arabian Pantheons were polytheistic. Most of these cultures practiced similar purification and cleansing rituals, animal and human sacrifices, sacred prostitution, life after death and divination. Historical records discovered at the Ras Sharma excavations confirmed that the Canaanites used the Babylonian Pantheon as an example when forming their religion and it is now evident that the Israelites used both the Canaanite Pantheon and Zoroastrianism as the foundation…

With their father being the god of the dead, ruler of the underworld, and their mother a ghost, the Kanes are not exactly what you would call a “normal family”. Carter and Sadie Kane are two young magicians who live with their uncle Amos in a giant Brooklyn mansion with other trainee magicians from all around the world. As Carter and Sadie are still learning the “path of the gods”, a magic skill to use the god’s power they are studying, they are faced with having to defeat Apophis, which seems…

At first glance, the Pantheon and the Parthenon share enough similarities to give the impression that they were created in the same city or in the same era, however there are also many distinguishing features to both. There are enough differences in fact to warrant further examination into the history and architecture of these two iconic buildings. In order to do so, we'll look at the design of both the Pantheon and Parthenon's columns and capitals, builders, usage, architectural systems, and…

housing a statue of Athena and the smaller, inner room used as a treasury. While the Parthenon was built in celebration of a single god[dess], the Pantheon in Rome was built to honor all the Roman gods. Built several centuries after the Parthenon, the Pantheon was initially built as part of a complex that would house baths, a basilica and the Pantheon. The lines of the Parthenon were intended to mirror the absolute perfection of the gods which is what the Greeks strove for. The Doric…

The history behind the Roman Pantheon can captivate, but the most engaging segment of the building has to be credited to the architecture. The Pantheon as it stands today allows us to look more in depth at the fascinating world of Roman architecture. It holds a lot of extraordinary details. An interesting detail of the building is the door made of bronze that is twenty feet in height. When you look at the Pantheon from the outside it may look like its shape is rectangular. The only part of the…

choose Architecture: Brunelleschi's design of the dome for Florence's cathedral. I remember watching this on NOVA back in 2014, and was intrigued by it then too. This is a feat of modern engineering technology at a time when it shouldn’t have been possible to construct. The Florence cathedral had been constructed as an icon to the world of the power and majesty that Florence was trying to project. Unfortunately, the cathedral had been constructed but the dome to cover it had not, and was…

Parthenon of Athens, built from 447 – 432 BCE and The Pantheon of Rome, built between 118 – 125 AD, are two structures which share many architectural features despite being built nearly 600 years apart. Both structures were built as replacements for structures which had been previously destroyed (the original building at the center of the Acropolis complex where The Parthenon now exists was destroyed in 480 BCE by invading Persians, and The original Pantheon was destroyed by fire in 80 AD). Both…