Parthenon

Artistic works have gone through extensive changes and transitions throughout time. Each time period develops a style that sometimes is carried on or merely tweaked in the next time period, and others times is snuffed out completely. By studying specific pieces from successive time periods, one can develop a sense for these changes of style as well as the reasoning behind them. Pieces from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Greek, and Roman periods are great examples of this. The Hall of Bulls is…

view of the their Gods was one that believed the Gods were directly involved in their day to day life. All of the Gods in the pantheon were worshipped in their own way. For instance Athena was the patron God of Athens and had a huge statue in the Parthenon. Zeus also had a large statue in Olympia. Each God almost had a cult following with their own ways to worship. It was common for animals sacrifices to take place in order to honor the gods. The Greeks did many things in the name of the gods.…

Pericles grew up in one of Athens leading families, his father Xanthippus who was a hero of the Persian war, and his Mother Agariste belonged to the culturally powerful Alcmaeonidae family. Pericles is known as the reason why the Acropolis and The Parthenon…

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.…

He constructed numerous new and huge sanctuaries, and it was amid the Age of Pericles that the Acropolis picked up its last shape. It was additionally Pericles who appointed the working of the Parthenon inside the Acropolis. A standout amongst the most clear parts of both these progress that separates them initially is the distinctions in their art. In old Egypt, different works of art, for example, painting, molding, artworks, and design were…

Historical periods - Neolithic Period (6000-2900 BC), During this period, the inhabitants initially came to Ancient Greece from the East and they settled in the Grecian Urn eastern portion of the region. Once these eastern settlements increased in population, the people scattered and traveled throughout Greece. They introduced pottery to Greece and began raising animals domestically.Early Bronze Age 2900 – 2000 BC), This is the time period in Greece when bronze and other metals like silver and…

The Greek culture is renowned for political reforms (demokratia), architecture (such as the Parthenon) and the arts - however, one of their most important contributions deals with our understanding of revenge and cruelty. One salient example of cyclic revenge and the effects it can have on others is present in Aeschylus’s play “The Libation Bearers”. Before delving into the Greek Tragedy unit, I had little interest or admiration for these great works - now my outlook has evolved. Although “The…

The sky tingled with the scent of the glorious Capitoline, and light shone through the colored windows of the building. While Rome lay beautiful with its gardens and blossoming architecture; the gods met to decide all that lay beneath the mortals. All of time had Jupiter awaited the birth of his younger brother, Pluto, but then a startling prophecy shook the walls of his palace. Pluto was a scripture interlaced with the somberness of the forgotten; he had been born crying in the womb of Gaea. He…

relationship had an influence not only on human’s daily life but also on the architecture. They started and developed together, giving a mutual influence on each other. Most of the biggest architectures from ancient period including pyramid and Parthenon, or the other temples from Asia were religious ones and they are explicit evidence of religion on architecture. Regarding this, we can easily reach the conclusion that religion and architecture had a…

The Greek way I will be discussing daily life in Athens and Sparta based on the following aspects that I consider to be the typical criteria of daily life: Health, Food, living conditions, environment, society and level of freedom (especially to engage in ones will, along with the resulting form of suppression or opposition, if any.) As you can see I am very specific in the type of ‘freedom’ I chose as an import part of daily life. This will be one of the prominent distinguishing factors…