Doric Greek

Columns have always both a decorative feature as well as structural aspect of many buildings. In the ancient world, columns were many times very unique to the particular location that they originated in. The architectural design for a column originates in one central region and from there it spreads around the Mediterranean Sea. There are not only economic and political factors that are involved in the making of these columns, but also dealing culture and nature of the land the column was made.…

influence our lives today, such as architecture, transportation and the calendar. To start off, columns were used to decorate many important buildings in ancient Greece. We still use them today on important buildings too. The Greeks invented many kinds of columns like doric,…

Greek influence in the city can also be seen through the deities the inhabitants of the city worshipped. Many buildings and structures were dedicated to the gods of the Pompeian citizens. An example is the Temple of Apollo. Religion was not separate from…

rt and Architecture There were rules as to how ancient greece buildings should be built which were called orders. There were 3 architectural orders; Doric, Ionic and Corinthian Temples were a big part of Greece architecture. They were large simple buildings that honored a certain god or goddess, and had a statute of them built inside. The most famous architectural building of Ancient Greece is the Parthenon, located in the city of Athens. It was built for Athena, the goddess of wisdom Pottery…

The portico was surrounded by an agora (a square for people's assemblies), the territory of the temple, palaestra, which existed in every Greek city. Everywhere on the slopes of the hills there are stone theaters - the most notable were built in Delphi, Dodona, Oropos, Priene, Pergamum and Syracuse. A universal distribution of the Ionic order became popular in the temple architecture, especially in Asia Minor. The reconstruction of the temple of Artemis in Ephesus continued, a magnificent temple…

Around 480 BCE, Early Classical Art begins with the Greek victory over the Persians at Salamis. Classical Art, which was realistic and religious, occurred after that period. As time progressed, the art did as well, which leads to Late Classical Art which expresses more emotion. The Greek express their ideals through their art and architecture, whether it is an ideal of body perfection, an ideal of embracing a realistic and naturalistic body or giving a building a realistically near perfect…

architecture are their columns. They inherited them from the Greeks and each style is generally dictated by the capital at the top of the column. The Romans used them to commemorate people, places, or even events by carving into the columns. They would decorate the columns after being built and put them into place, often taking years to finish. They had three major orders of columns the Doric order, Ionic Order, and the Corinthian Order. The Doric Order is the oldest and most simplistic of their…

which they would be used was quite different. When looking at the façade of both buildings it is clear they are both built in the traditional Doric style and feature 8 columns along the portico. Certain aspects of The Parthenon had to be built larger than customary to accommodate the massive statue of Athena it was to house. Since The Parthenon, like all Greek temples, was designed to be viewed from the outside only, special attention was given to the size and position of the columns making…

Think about modern buildings (built after 1900) you may have seen either in person or in pictures that were designed in a classical style. I decided to describe a Northern California home that I was lucky enough to live in for a couple of years, mainly because it is a modern building (approximately 25 years old) but was designed with a classical style. I wanted to describe a building that I know very well and this particular style of architecture (or at least the front façade and columns) is…

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 approximately 432 B.C. by…