Art in ancient Greece

Herodotus uses analytical value in his writings, while saying different opinions. His trips from Athens, Egypt, Asian Minor and the region of Europe provide him information on the accounts of the people in Greece and Persia. In “The Histories” Herodotus describes the life, conflicts, and events of Greece, Asia, and Egypt. Herodotus spent a majority of his life writing this book. His propose of writing it was to describe the history of the Greeks and the Persian Wars. Along the way Herodotus…

as the cultural intellectual center of the world. He did this by authorizing the construction of the Parthenon to symbolize and display the greatness and power of Athens. Athens, under the rule of Pericles became the intellectual center of the ancient world, because Pericles hosted many gathering of the leading intellectual and cultural elite. Hoever, Pericles was not the leader that Themistocles had been and Athens eventually lost its status as a world power by going to war with Sparta…

Head of an Akkadian Ruler Vs. Funerary Mask of ‘Agamemnon’ Comparing two sculptures can be overwhelming. The two pieces of artworks I have chosen are both heads of former rulers, each of them coming from a different empire. Nobody knows who made each of these artworks. The first sculpture for comparison is the head of an Akkadian ruler also known as the “Head of Sargon the Great”(). The second sculpture is to be compared and contrasted with is the Mask of Agamemnon. Both being the same type of…

contribution of Greece towards the Western world is found in their forms of government. While each had their limits, the three forms of government also offered benefits. In fact, the three systems of government found in the Greek city-states: monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy work best when combined into one system. Greece had a terrain that was rough and isolate, which prevented the various cities from uniting in to one common form of government. Over time, the culture of Greece viewed the…

When Mark Twain saw the Capitoline Venus it ““prompted him to write a short story, “The Capitoline Venus,” in which he described the statue as the “most illustrious work of ancient art the world can boast of”” and when you look upon the Capitoline Venus it would be very hard to argue. (The Capitoline Venus) The Capitoline Venus and the Esquiline Venus are to statues that depict the Roman goddess of love. Though they are of the same subject they are depicted in too very different ways. The…

In the famous words of one Allan Poe E., ‘the glory that was once Greece’ did not live for as long many would have expected it to. In fact, mighty Greece only survived for a short while and remained confined to a geographically minute area. As of the 5th Century BC, mighty Greece was primarily Athens. The state as a whole was Attica but Athens was its driving force at the time. To many, Athens was the “eye” of Greece based on it being a rich artistic hub and highly democratic (Brody et al.,…

modern day countries that is closely evaluated is how countries in ancient periods interacted with each other. It has been speculated that the relations between Classical Greece and the Greek Dark Ages were nearly identical specific ways.The Greek city-states in classical and dark age times both had the same warfare tactics, political pyramid and negotiation skills. This is considered a very important topic because by studying how ancient countries interacted you can determine what was…

Due to the Parthenon desecration and dilapidation on behalf of Great Britain, writer Christopher Hitchens argues that the original Parthenon sculptures must be returned to Greece, in his article "The Lovely Stones". The author uses allusions to history and art, sensory details and actual facts in order to deliver a convincing argument. Hitchens starts the second paragraph off by recounting the Parthenon history. Centuries of perversions, abuse and desecration were suffered by this magnificent…

expanded before. Alexander expanded into the Greek empires and into the Middle East. Although he was very violent with some regions, he eventually got them all under his power and united them. Alexander conquered much of the Middle East and up into Greece. His army was very strong and his generals never turned their backs on him and were always very supportive of all Alexander’s decisions. Alexander expanding his empire changed history and no one else could have taken over that much…

Pericles became the most influential politician and general in Athens from the late 450s until his death in c.430-29. He was from the prominent noble Alkmeonidae family which gave him status and privilege and he was closely involved at a young age, in the democratic reforms of Ephialtes (In which the power of the Areopagus was weakened and then transferred to the demos) Pericles had been the leader of the democratic faction of Athenian politics since 462 BCE and his leadership meant that Athens…