How Did Alexander The Great Influence Greek Art
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Alexander the Great was the King of Macedon and is one of the greatest military leaders in the Greco era in other words the Hellenistic period. His empire spread from Gibraltar to the Punjab. He was brilliant in planning strategic plans and attacks. An example would be when he created the Macedonian phalange. At the death of Alexander a new Greek age began which was the Hellenistic period during which Greek leaders spread Greek culture to the area Alexander had conquered. Alexander's colleague and relative Ptolemy took over Alexander's Egyptian conquest and created a city of Alexandria that became famous for its library. That attracted the leading scientific and philosophical thinkers of the age.
After the Hellenistic period came …show more content…
The reason for this is because without one era you would never learn and be able to build off of it to become a new one. A perfect example is the Art that started in the renaissance period. They were able to create paintings when they revived ancient forms and their content. Greece is famous for its philosophers and without their thinking approach modern would be very different and the entire world could still be stuck in the middle ages. One can argue that there are some differences but this is because each time period is always trying to make improvements and think of the next best thing to improve society. Every one of the eras could take what they already know from another time to create something …show more content…
They would get people to do bad things so they would use corruption to get in their heads. With that speaking in today’s society spiritual beliefs have shaped how mankind has thought and acted since time. Many people today use religion to focus on the disciplines and morals mentioned in the Bible to create a better world. The gods in Egypt times would base their laws off of what the gods would say to them. Today we base are laws and rights of what we vote for, and stand up for ourselves as
Alexander the Great was the King of Macedon and is one of the greatest military leaders in the Greco era in other words the Hellenistic period. His empire spread from Gibraltar to the Punjab. He was brilliant in planning strategic plans and attacks. An example would be when he created the Macedonian phalange. At the death of Alexander a new Greek age began which was the Hellenistic period during which Greek leaders spread Greek culture to the area Alexander had conquered. Alexander's colleague and relative Ptolemy took over Alexander's Egyptian conquest and created a city of Alexandria that became famous for its library. That attracted the leading scientific and philosophical thinkers of the age.
After the Hellenistic period came …show more content…
The reason for this is because without one era you would never learn and be able to build off of it to become a new one. A perfect example is the Art that started in the renaissance period. They were able to create paintings when they revived ancient forms and their content. Greece is famous for its philosophers and without their thinking approach modern would be very different and the entire world could still be stuck in the middle ages. One can argue that there are some differences but this is because each time period is always trying to make improvements and think of the next best thing to improve society. Every one of the eras could take what they already know from another time to create something …show more content…
They would get people to do bad things so they would use corruption to get in their heads. With that speaking in today’s society spiritual beliefs have shaped how mankind has thought and acted since time. Many people today use religion to focus on the disciplines and morals mentioned in the Bible to create a better world. The gods in Egypt times would base their laws off of what the gods would say to them. Today we base are laws and rights of what we vote for, and stand up for ourselves as