Parthenon

The Parthenon is one of the greatest temples ever built in ancient times. It is a masterful piece on engineering done by the Athenians at the peak of their power. It took the Greeks almost 15 years from start to finish to build this temple. The temple outlasted the Greeks by nearly 2000 years and has filled the many roles required by the people who have occupied it. It’s architecture is unmatched by any other building in the world. The origin of the word Parthenon is from the Greek word παρθενών, which means the “unmarried woman’s apartments” in a house. This name and meaning started out to refer to only one particular room in the temple, which is debated to be either the western cella or the room in which the peplos was presented to Athena…

The Parthenon has long been considered a paradigm of successful Classical architecture. The construction began roughly around 500 BC and it is generally considered the zenith of the Doric order. During that time, almost every Greek city-state had an acropolis because Greek was an warring state. The Parthenon happened to be laid upon the acropolis of Athens. Its decorative sculptures were considered the pinnacle of Greek classical art. It was dedicated to the goddess of Athena, who was chosen by…

The introduction of the of The Parthenon in Athens and the Pantheon in Rome 500 - 323 B.C. speaks to the Traditional Time of Greek progress. At the time, which was in likewise the season of strength and quality after the triumph over the Persians (peace settlement in 449 B.C.), Athens created majority rules system as a righteousness of the person in an equalitarian culture while at the same time reverencing the divine beings. The significance of the past spoke to a critical column to achieving a…

Athenian history. The Parthenon has long held one of the most historically perplexing friezes in ancient Greece. Temples were a common form of worship in ancient Greek society and often held many art pieces in honor of the god or goddess that the temple was dedicated to. These artifacts left behind from ancient societies hold key insight into what society was like and what was culturally important in ancient Greece. Joan B. Connelly may hold some significance in uncovering the truth about the…

The Greek Temple, the Parthenon in Athens, was built on a plain surrounded by mountains. The Parthenon figure #7.32 has two rooms and is surrounded by a porch and columns. Like older temples, the Parthenon uses the post-and-lintel system. Marble blocks were stacked and finished, giving it a flawless appearance. The steps that form the base of the structure are higher in the middle of each side and lower at the corners giving the appearance of a sagging center and creating an optical illusion.…

Before dividing the concepts of the two completely different buildings, I want to try to discuss each in turn in detail and then at the end to draw a conclusion in which we will examine the differences between them. First, we will discuss the building Parthenon. The building of this building began in 447 BC. The Parthenon is a Doric temple, which means that it consists of a rectangular floor plan with low steps on each side there are collars located throughout the structure. Before each…

Many people know what the Parthenon is,but there are many people who do not know the history behind it. The Parthenon was one of the best buildings made by the Ancient Greeks.The Parthenon honored Greek gods,showed wealth,and was built to show the power of Athens. In Athens,Greece a building called the Parthenon was constructed.The Parthenon was built in 447 for a Greek goddess named Athena (Chrisp 68).The Parthenon stored Athena’s image.It also had a separate room that stored her treasure…

The Parthenon, the most important surviving building from ancient Greece, has survived the conversion into a Christian church, the Ottoman Turk invasion of Greece, and the Venetian bombardment of the Parthenon. Since Greece’s style of architecture was very exquisite, it is copied and used in many buildings today. The Doric columns, Ionic columns, and the Corinthian columns are the three main styles of columns in Ancient Greece. Doric columns were the most simple, thickest of the three, had no…

buildings that stand today as testaments to the civilizations that built them, even if not perfectly in their original form, are the Greek Parthenon and the Roman Pantheon. Together they are monuments to human’s artistry and ability to create. Both buildings are connected in a number of ways and yet each also has very distinctive features and functions. Despite their similarities and differences, each stands as an example we can use to learn about the cultures from which they came. The…

television shows. Many people include on their list the Parthenon in Greece, to get a feel for how life was for a culture so influential on so many in our modern day and age. Or perhaps some people prefer the mystique surrounding Stonehenge in England, a relic of times past and shrouded in mystery. Considered excellent photography opportunities now, these locations were at once both extremely valuable to their cultures for religious purposes and more, and the architecture reflects much about the…