The Golden Age of Athens was a time of advancement in many areas of life such as architecture. Architecture during this period became more complex and unique with many different sculptures and columns. During this time Pericles was the leader, this is why this period is sometimes referred to as the ‘Age of Pericles’ (Cartwright). There were many things that affected architecture and how it developed during this time including the impact from the economy, and the wars. I believe one of the main factors, though, for the Golden Age was the economy. After the war with the Persians Pericles decided to rebuild the Acropolis along with the Parthenon of Athens. He used the funds from the war and knew that he needed to rebuild it. The Parthenon was
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The golden age played a very important role for architecture and its developments in the future. The Parthenon of Athens was made up of many beautiful sculptures and columns to represent Athens success after the wars. It was built by a man named Pheidias. Pericles was leader over the entire building project, but he put Pheidias in charge over all aspects of the design. The two main architects under Pheidias were Iktinos and Kallikratis who were also a huge part in the building of the Parthenon. The type of marble used for the temple was called Pentelic, which was a white colored marble. About 22,000 tons was used for this temple which was the most ever used in a Greek temple. The name was given to the Parthenon over time and was the largest Greek temple of its time. “The name Parthenon derives from one of Athena’s many epithets: Athena Parthenos, meaning Virgin. Parthenon means ‘house of Parthenos’ which was the name given in the 5th century BCE to the chamber inside the temple which housed the cult statue” (Cartwright). Every part of the Parthenon of Athens was uniquely placed. Every …show more content…
“The Parthenon had 92 metopes carved in high relief (each was on average 1.2 m x 1.25 m square with relief of 25 cm in depth), a frieze running around all four sides of the building, and both pediments filled with monumental sculpture” (Cartwright). Each sculpture designed by Pheidias portrayed a story of what Athens had been through in the time period the Golden Age, this included wars and gods, even games like chariot races. The Parthenon symbolized Greek culture in every way. For example, they had defeated the Persians so some of the sculptures portrayed this event. “This conflict between order and chaos was symbolized in particular by the sculptures on the metopes running around the exterior of the temple, 32 along the long sides and 14 on each of the short” (Cartwright). The frieze which was around the entire building contained 220 horse sculptures and 380 human sculptures (Cartwright). Since the Parthenon was both a treasury and a religious temple which was not common in architecture during this time it contained this frieze. The frieze was not Doric it was actually Ionic style. I thought this was very unique because usually they would keep the same style for temples, but this one had two. Instead of showing multiple stories they only focused on one subject and that was Athena. Every four years there was a dedication of changing of Athena’s robe which was very symbolic
The golden age played a very important role for architecture and its developments in the future. The Parthenon of Athens was made up of many beautiful sculptures and columns to represent Athens success after the wars. It was built by a man named Pheidias. Pericles was leader over the entire building project, but he put Pheidias in charge over all aspects of the design. The two main architects under Pheidias were Iktinos and Kallikratis who were also a huge part in the building of the Parthenon. The type of marble used for the temple was called Pentelic, which was a white colored marble. About 22,000 tons was used for this temple which was the most ever used in a Greek temple. The name was given to the Parthenon over time and was the largest Greek temple of its time. “The name Parthenon derives from one of Athena’s many epithets: Athena Parthenos, meaning Virgin. Parthenon means ‘house of Parthenos’ which was the name given in the 5th century BCE to the chamber inside the temple which housed the cult statue” (Cartwright). Every part of the Parthenon of Athens was uniquely placed. Every …show more content…
“The Parthenon had 92 metopes carved in high relief (each was on average 1.2 m x 1.25 m square with relief of 25 cm in depth), a frieze running around all four sides of the building, and both pediments filled with monumental sculpture” (Cartwright). Each sculpture designed by Pheidias portrayed a story of what Athens had been through in the time period the Golden Age, this included wars and gods, even games like chariot races. The Parthenon symbolized Greek culture in every way. For example, they had defeated the Persians so some of the sculptures portrayed this event. “This conflict between order and chaos was symbolized in particular by the sculptures on the metopes running around the exterior of the temple, 32 along the long sides and 14 on each of the short” (Cartwright). The frieze which was around the entire building contained 220 horse sculptures and 380 human sculptures (Cartwright). Since the Parthenon was both a treasury and a religious temple which was not common in architecture during this time it contained this frieze. The frieze was not Doric it was actually Ionic style. I thought this was very unique because usually they would keep the same style for temples, but this one had two. Instead of showing multiple stories they only focused on one subject and that was Athena. Every four years there was a dedication of changing of Athena’s robe which was very symbolic