Pantheon

Adriana Wright Don Oliveira Greek Project Rough Draft October 05, 2017 So what do you know about Plato, Aristotle and Socrates? Anything? No, well just read this essay and you will find out a lot of different facts! Just like how Socrates was Plato's teacher and Plato was Aristotle's teacher and them when Plato died Aristotle opened his own Academy. Anyways read along and find out even more facts about these ancient philosophers and their families. Have fun! Socrates was born in 399…

of visitors and most galleries are empty. This creates unique experience of almost intimate communication with art objects. When I reached South Asia galleries, I found myself surrounded by many beautiful statues of gods and goddesses from Hindu pantheon. There were huge sculptures carved from stone and miniature metal statuettes. Every artwork was so special in its execution, texture and details. The question was how…

During this period, the different regions of China moved towards a more unified bureaucracy. As the regions unified, the different religions assimilated. A general Chinese pantheon was created where each god had a specific function. In addition, the teachings of Confucius and Mo-tzu flourished in emphasizing virtue, important social relationships, humanity, and a just leader. Following the Ch’ou Dynasty, a new sight was seen…

Thomas Jefferson the third president of the United States was born in 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia. He joined the institution of William and Mary but received no formal training in architecture. Fundamentally self-taught, Jefferson accumulated a remarkable collection architecture and art that comprised several reproductions of Palladio’s Quattro Libri. Eventually, Jefferson developed a concentrated obligation of Palladio’s architectural notions based on their link to early Romans (Howard, 2003).…

practiced polytheism in which they believed in Gods for all aspects of life such as Zeus the king God, Athena the Goddess of war and wisdom, and Poseidon the God of the sea and horses. The Greek would then influence the ancient Romans to worship a Pantheon of 6 Gods, and 6 Goddesses. However, the practice of polytheism would change after 312 CE when Constantine defeated Maxentius at Milvian Bridge and became the emperor of the Eastern and Western empires of Rome. Constantine had a deep…

having a higher ritual ranking. To describe the concept Sanskritization is “A low caste was able, in a generation or two, to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism, and by Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it took over, as far as possible, the customs, rites, and beliefs of the Brahmins, and the adoption of the Brahminic way of life by a low caste seems to have been frequent, though theoretically forbidden.” (Srinivas, 1952, p. 29). In…

Madras Presidency, officially styled as the Presidency of Fort Saint George, occupied the entire south of the Peninsula of India with its dependencies and the State of Mysore. It consisted of three classes of territory- a) the twenty-two British districts within the Presidency; b) the Agency Tracts of Ganjam, Vizagapatam, and Godavari, specially administered by Collector as agent of the Governor in Council; and c) five Native States in political dependence on the Madras government, namely,…

most of its other contemporary cultures still built dirt roads and basic irrigation, the Romans had developed paved roads, aqueducts, central heating, and plumbing that lead to the main sewage system. Advanced architecture such as the Coliseum and Pantheon were among the greatest construction projects in the world; visitors from all around…

A lot of things can happen within a short amount of time. A single man can change the world in his lifetime and go down in history. Hammurabi is one of these men. He was the most famous of all of the Babylonian kings. Before his time, Babylonia was a prominent society, but during his reign, he made it the number one society of the era. He revolutionized the idea of civil law. And, not only did he revolutionize law, he also improved architecture and irrigation in the city-state of Babylonia. His…

2013) states: “A boy king, he had originally been named Tutankhaten, in honor of the Aten, but his name was changed to honor Amun, the god whom his father had tried to have wiped out. [...] Amun and Mut assuming their places on top of the Egyptian pantheon of gods.” In this statement, Jarus is highlighting that the people of Egypt did not advocate for Akhenaten’s religion and instead were biding their time until their oppressor died so that…