Parthenon

Zoe Becker Global Period 3 3/10/16 Throughout history there have been millions of inventions that are still used in today’s times. Many inventions have been reincorporated into life now. There were many ancient civilizations that have made history, but there was one main society that had a great impact. For most of us, architecture is easy to take for granted. It is everywhere in our daily lives. Ancient Greek architecture continues to be a major influence throughout the…

Form and ornament were considered equal in importance in the opinions of classical architects. They acquired the rules of ornamentation from their physical built environments and later from various publications. The symbolism attached to the elements of buildings was much more widely perceived in ancient times than they are today. In this text the author intends to communicate the loss of literal meaning in the architecture of the modernist movement by describing the significance of the ancient…

considered as the symbol of victory of the Greeks on the Persians. The temple is located at the Southwest corner of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, and is considered the smallest temple out there, constructed by the same architect who built the Parthenon- Kallikrates. Apteros Nike originally means wing-less victory that’s why the statue inside the temple was built with no wings, they also believed that if it had no wings it won’t be able to ever leave Athens. On the other hand, from the very…

Mahaa Ayub Introduction: The Persian Wars had just ended, and Athens had surprisingly come out on top. After the alliance between Athens and Sparta broke, Athens decided to create a new alliance, known as the Delian League, which helped the city’s wealth and empire during this time. The Golden Age of Athens is referring to the period where art and skills in the city were at their peak. Now at peace, Athens cultivated its city into its peak of cultural achievements. Pericles created an…

Art is the area the Greeks made the biggest contribution.Without the greek buildings made the white house and the Jefferson Memorial. Like the Greeks,the pillars used as decorations in the memorials are either Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. These greek arts have been used for a long time by many different people. Using these different types of pillars shows how much art was the biggest Greek contribution. In the Greek times there were three called the Classical, Archaic, and Hellenistic. The…

The Persian sack of Athens in 480 B.C.E. has left modern archeologist perplexed as to what it meant for the fate of the temple of Athena on the Acropolis. Gloria Ferrari has compiled and analyzed the most predominant theories concerning the temple’s actuality through use of evidence provided through archaeological, epigraphical, and historical means. The first theory is proposed by Dörpfeld, in which the temple was not destroyed during the sack of Athens merely damaged and repaired (Ferrari…

by history from the past, which could be anything from World War II to the times of ancient Israel and the Savior’s ministry. The Parthenon is the former temple to the Goddess Athena and an ancient architectural structure from classical Greece. This relic has had that unseen impact on our society. Willey Reveley, an 18th century English architect, said that the Parthenon exhibited a “masculine boldness and dignity… the grandeur of whose effect… can scarcely be understood…

appearance of restored statues. Restoration usually involved reworking broken surfaces and replacing missing pieces, sometimes with fragments from other marbles figures. Enthusiasm for the practice began to lessen only after sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens were brought to England in the early 1800s, since no artist felt worthy to improve them. Collecting sculpture has been a pursuit of wealthy individuals for thousands of years. Ancient Romans, such as the statesman and writer Cicero,…

Prompt One The Parthenon and the Pantheon might be easily mixed up because of their similar names. And with reason they do share some similarities. But don't let that deceive you they still have their differences that make them completely different architectural masterpieces. The Parthenon and the Pantheon have their similarities but even those have smaller differences that make each building unique. That being what they were used for they both served as temples. However, They are temples made…

Athenian Principles The Classical Age of Ancient Greece otherwise known as the Golden Age (ca. 480-430 B.C.E.), became the most creative period in the history of the world. A play called Antigone by Sophocles’, reflects the cultural values and characteristics of the Golden Age. The Golden Age of Greece featured civic pride in the society, a firm belief of realism and idealism, and a strong, tenacious patriarchal system and these qualities are shown in Antigone. After conquering the Persian…