Acropolis

torso belong together, but many scholars have stressed that there is no ambiguity surrounding it, and that they are in fact connected. The Kritios Boy is now on display in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece (Fig. 7). The museum attempts to present the sculptures as they would have been seen, in natural light on the Acropolis Hill. This allows viewers to get a full sense of the glory that was the summit of the Greek civilization. The Kritios Boy is placed on a pedestal in a room amongst…

Another week in the books and I have to say this class is going really good. For this journal entry we were asked to compare and contrast each one of the sites using your own impressions and opinions. The three websites are Knossos, Acropolis, and Pompeii Google Project. So I took the time to look at each website and I decided Pompeii Google Project would be the most fun to explore. The reason being the display seems really normal and there seem to be a lot of open space. Pompeii was an…

as an art form also function as sacred spaces. It should be known that although there are many sacred spaces across different belief systems, that they actually have many architectural features in common. In Greece, we have the Parthenon and the Acropolis. Besides the Greeks not only worshipping gods, they also value humanity just as much. Their gods are idealized as beautiful beings but they looked like actual humans and had their own weaknesses. Their “idealized” human form represented high…

Greek temples were famous for their the three types of columns on their exterior: doric, ionic, and corinthian. Doric columns have a round base, and get thinner, higher as they go up. Ionic columns, at the top, have stone that curls into spirals. Corinthian columns have flower-like decorations at the top. This is a digital recreation of the temple of zeus in Athens. It has doric temples, and a frieze There are 8 different designs for the interior of Greek temples. Each temple is based around…

Lysistrata exerting her dominance over her fellow women and clearly defines herself as their leader, thus having her take a more masculine position. As they younger women finish their oath, they hear news that the older women have taken over the Acropolis, an important center of commerce and government. With control of the…

ground and tucked it behind his ear. As he headed out of the forest on his way to the Acropolis for his daily routine of begging, he stumbled across something poking out of the ground. It was a rabbit’s foot. Lucksian thought that was very odd, but he picked it up and slipped the rabbit’s foot in his pocket in the hopes that perhaps he could barter it for a scrap of food. Outside of the Acropolis, a chariot of horses came speeding by. As the dust settled, Lucksian noticed one of…

The Temple of Athena Nike is a temple southwest side of the Acropolis of Athens. Built around 400 BC, this temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple. It is a protruding tall mass of rock, strategically located in a way that protects the south flank of the most vulnerable access point and gate to the citadel. (Ancient-Greece) In contrast to the Acropolis style, the Nike sanctuary was open, entered from the Propylaea southwest wing and from a narrow stair on the north. The temple was named for its…

life of Telephus, legendary founder of the city of Pergamon and son of the hero Heracles and Auge, one of Tegean king Aleus's daughters. built during the reign of king Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient Greek city of Pergamon in Asia Minor. Eumenes II was able to create the Treaty of Apamea as an…

Playing on the impression that women are weak in strength and will, innately non-violent, Lysistrata arranges the communal occupation of the Acropolis and withholding sex to encourage Athenian men to sue for peace. This is potentially an even bolder step than the withdrawal of sexual favors. The Acropolis contains the Athenian treasury; these funds are needed to continue the war with Sparta. The magistrate apoplectic with fear exclaims, “It is the treasury that supplies…

for peace with Sparta, Lysistrata creates an argument that establishes a political platform which strengthens the voice of women in Greece. Successfully one woman, Lysistrata, calls for women from all of Greece and gathers them at the base of the Acropolis. Before telling them why they have all gathered that evening, she begins her…