Parthenon Research Paper

Plato once said, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” As civilizations became established all throughout the world, the only way for a civilization to thrive and flourish is to follow certain requirements such as having advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping and advanced technology. As civilizations began to thrive and populations began to increase, architecture became a necessity. Architecture, the art of designing and constructing buildings has existed from the earliest of ancient civilizations. Over time, architecture has evolved with different architectural techniques utilized by different societies such as the Greeks. One primary example of Greek architecture is the Parthenon. The construction of …show more content…
It's pillars and columns has inspired and has been innovated to fit in with the modern buildings today. One of the more known examples of buildings throughout the world today is the White House for the United States and the Oslo Trading Building In Norway. Both buildings are ripe with allusions to the Parthenon. One main similarity that can be traited are the columns, where the Parthenon has an ionic type of pillar, as well as the White House. The designs themselves are even based on the Greek pillars and specifically the Parthenon’s structure. Many other buildings almost replicate the Parthenon, like the Haier Building, which is located in New York City, which use the same pillars and have the same architectural design, for example, the pillars on the side. Small details were also fitted in into these modern buildings like the metopes and friezes, or the designs on the pillars. Many of the friezes and designs that are portrayed even today by the Capitol House show designs of progress in America and how it grew to a society, a similar idea to the designs of the Parthenon and the progress of how the world came to be and the gods that live over