All around the Parthenon there are 92 metope carvings. The metopes of the east side, above the main entrance, depict the Gigantomachy, the mythical battles between the Olympia gods and the giants. The metopes of the west side show Amazonomachy, the mythical battle of the Athenians against…
Typically, Roman houses followed the atrium-peristyle method, built symmetrically and rooms facing inwards to the atrium in the centre of the structure. The outside of the domus (house) was known as the fauces, and immediately upon entering was the vestibulum. This was known as an entrance lobby, varying in elaboration depending on the status of the owner. Generally, the vestibulum led to the atrium, a spacious area often centred in the home. Indented in the middle of the atrium lay the impluvium, used for water collection, and above it a square or rectangular hole in the ceiling, sometimes caged, used for lighting. Adjacent to the atrium was the elegantly decorated tablinum, a space suspected to serve to impress clients of the patron-client relationship and as an expression of status. Alternatively, the triclinium has been suggested to be a dining room as it is often situated close to the kitchens. Most homes included a peristyle; a colonnaded portico overlooking a garden serving as a light source and to disperse air around the building. Finally, the pervasiveness of private worship translated to most houses…
The painting of An Ideal City (artist anonymous) featured in the chapter illustrates what key aspect of Renaissance urban architecture?…
adjacent structures. As an alternative, I-walls and T-walls were built. Though the T-walls, shaped like…
Ancient World Civilizations – Ancient and Modern Architecture Assignment: The Pantheon Porch in Rome and the Wentworth Hall Entrance…
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Contrasting the outside with the inside we can say that the inside takes a more Roman swing and portrays itself as less idealised than the classical greek architecture of the exterior. The exterior is a lost more basic and unadorned with that much detail contrasted with the inside, inside we see an embellishment of decorations including a dome using the so called honeycombing effect also called coffers which allows the building to appear larger than it actually is. The eight niches to the side indicate where the statues would have gone but have since been lost to history. The marble floors contributing to this idea of simple geometry as they are inlaid with coloured granite making circles and rectangles however sadly much of the original marble and bronze which would have been on the originally has been removed particularly due to Pope Urban VII's who ordered the bronze to be melted to help with…
Each of the three types of columns, Ionic, Doric and Corinthian represent different things. The Corinthian columns on the porch of the Pantheon represent a tree or “tree of life”.…
According to Buddhism, the release from worldly desires that ends the cycle of death and…
The Parthenon in Greece is one of the best examples of Greek Classicism. Built on the Athenian Acropolis, this temple was dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, skill, and strength. The precision and symmetry of the Parthenon has been called the culmination of the Doric order and is largely considered one of the world 's greatest cultural monuments. The Parthenon was completed in 438 BC and is one of the most elegant (and ancient) examples of post-and-lintel creations (Sporre, 2010). The Parthenon is also a peripteral temple, in which columns surround the interior room (Sporre, 2010). The composition of the temple beautifully typifies the classical style and the Doric character; it achieves harmony through its clean simplistic configuration. The Doric order is best recognized by the capitols that rest the lintels of a classical column.…
Some words that would be helpful to know as these churches are being described, which will be quoted from dictionary.com, are apse, basilica, nave, and loggia. An apse is “a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.” A basilica is “an early Christian or medieval church type built especially in Italy, characterized by a plan including a nave, two or four side aisles, a semicircular apse, and often other features.” A nave is the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance to the pillars, usually flanked by aisles of less height and generally used only by the congregation. A loggia is a gallery on at least one side of a cathedral.…
“The art of Egypt is heavily influenced by spiritual and religious ideas and culture that extends back thousands of years” (Dagan, 2008). The Egyptians wrote their history and painted images on their palace walls. They painted pictures that were symbolic to their belief systems from the gods that they worshiped to their belief of the “afterlife”. Even their column designs took a symbolic form to represent the vegetation of Egypt. This thesis states that Ancients Egyptians were a religious peoples and their art serves as hardcore proof of that.…
5. Incorporate two direct quotations from the text of Julius Caesar to better support your claim. Paste the examples below.…
The two that are popular and most widely used are shear wall structuresand braced structures.…
support a row of three or more columns. They have limited width and continue under…