Parthenon

The Greek and Romans were two contrasting civilizations that both valued Architecture but approached it and used it differently from one another. Ancient Greek architects strove for precision, beauty and excellence which hallmarked Greek Art in general. They paid very much attention in ensuring many of their buildings mirrored one another. This obviously meant the Greeks were under strict rule to when it came to designing their mammoth structures. There precision in ensuring that buildings…

Introduction: In this essay we are aiming to compare and contrast between two different sculptures, both sculptures nearly belong to the same era, but two different civilizations, one from the Egyptian ancient history and the other one is from the Neo-Sumerian Civilization, what is known as Iraq in modern days. The importance of this comparison is because these two civilizations were among the greatest civilizations in the ancient world, therefore we are very interested to analyze their art…

One of the most important pioneers for this concept was Arturo Soria y Mata; he was an urban planner from Spain. His concept first appearance was in an article in Madrid famous journal of the time, where Soria tackles the municipal policies of planning, advising a radical measure for the future planning of Madrid. The Linear City concept had as principal idea one strip of 500 meters wide, the long of the strip would be the necessary, by necessary we mean it could be as long as the city would…

Ancient Greek theaters were one of the corner stone’s of ancient architecture to modern architecture. The influence that the ancient Greeks had on other cultures architecture is astounding giving their lack of resources and materials. The vast beauty of how the theater evolved is something incredible. We will see how the Greek theater started and how much it actually changed over time. Also we will get a look into one of the famous ancient Greek theaters; Delphi. The first recorded Greek…

Greece had set foundations for the modern civilization that include Art, Government, Science and even Sports. Ancient Greek was one of the first major civilizations in Europe. It lasted from 800 BC to 700 AD but their height was in the 5th and 6th Centuries BC. This was a period that was very influential to the Western Culture and they called it the Classical Era. The Greeks were the first to develop art. They also make vases and beautiful clay statues. The biggest influences are in the…

One of the most important monuments of the middle Byzantine art and architecture that survived to our day is Hosios Lukas Monastery. It has been listed on UNESCO’s World heritage sites. It is set on the slopes of mount Helicon in Greece. The monastery consists of two churches merged together. The first church was built in the late 10th century to house the relics of Hosios Loukas. It was named the ‘Theotokos Church’. This church has a quincunx design which is also known as the cross-in-square or…

Brenna Haufler Ben Mascuch Project Extra Catapult Study During the Middle Ages, several advances in the architecture of castle walls were made and a new way to destroy them was also created. Thus, the catapult! The word, “catapult,” comes from the Greek word "katapultos." It was begun as a type of siege engine. In 400 B.C., the first catapult was invented in the Greek town of Syracuse. Catapults were introduced to the rest of Europe in the Middle Ages. Catapults were first used to increase the…

Planned cities Most Greek cities had an agora where markets and government meetings were held. Many also had an acropolis, a high, heavily defended area where temples stood and citizens sheltered in times of enemy attack. These were the places in which people lived their public lives. To find out how they lived in private, archaeologists have dug up ordinary houses in cities such as Olynthos. -Town planning Athen grew up naturally over hundreds of years, houses in many shapes were built almost…

Hagia Sofia vs. Al-Azhar Mosque In this writing i will compare two structures, Hagia Sophia which is in Istanbul,Turkey and Al-Azhar Mosque it is in Cairo,Egypt. Hagia Sophia was built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the old city center of Istanbul's historic peninsula between the years AD 532-537.Hagia Sophia is a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture although,is a structure that influence the synthesis of Pagan, Orthodox, Catholic and Islam.First and foremost , it has an…

Temples and Rituals opens chapter five. This chapter sever to inform Walton reader of the action and purpose of the temple. Temples primary design was for the residence of the deities, and not for places of worship. The temples represent a “shadow of a heavenly residence, therefore it served as a link or gateway to the heavens or cosmos.” The temples were distinct with an image of the deity. Many rituals were performed to guarantee that each deity approved of the symbol being placed on the…