Greeks developed three architectural systems‚ called orders‚ each with their own distinctive proportions and detailing. The Greek orders are: Doric‚ Ionic‚ and Corinthian. In the Doric order‚ Parthenon which is the temple of Athena Parthenos‚ Greek goddess of wisdom‚ on the Acropolis in Athens. The Parthenon was built in the 5th century BC‚ and despite the enormous damage it has sustained over the centuries‚ it still communicates the ideals of order and harmony for which Greek architecture is known
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columns with plain molded capitals and no base. Ionic capitals were decorated with a pair of scrolls‚ known as volutes. Corinthian capitals‚ the most ornate‚ were decorated with an inverted bell-shaped arrangement of leaves. Prime examples include the Parthenon and Erectheum‚ in Athens. From 100 B.C. to A.D. 365‚ the Romans‚ like the Greeks‚ built many magnificent buildings‚ including temples‚ baths‚ basilicas‚ theaters‚ amphitheaters‚ bridges‚ aqueducts‚ and triumphal arches. The materials‚ however‚ differed
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around them(Doc.2). This allowed people to open their eyes and learn right from wrong; gain some sense of the purpose of life on earth. This allowed the Western civilization to widely adapt. Fine arts had also affected western civilization. The Parthenon‚ the most famous temple in classical Greece‚ stands in magnificence at the top of the Acropolis in Athens and is a masterpiece of illusion of straightness. These concepts of perspective and illusion in architecture did no appear again in western
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Ancient Greece had many ups and downs in its very long history. As a growing civilization‚ it earned numerous allies as well as enemies. One of these great enemies was the Persians. Although the Persians were very powerful adversaries‚ the Greeks defeated them and at that point‚ the era of classical Greece began. The Delian league‚ which was created to unite all states and protect them from intruders‚ had turned into an empire. This empire was governed by Athens. As peace and harmony was restored
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ATHENA RESEARCH PAPER Athena is the goddess of wisdom and warfare. She is the favorite daughter of Zeus. There are many different versions of how Athena came to be. The most accepted version is that Athena was born a child of Zeus by his first wife‚ Metis‚ a goddess of wisdom. Zeus feared that Metis might bear him a son who was mightier than himself‚ so he swallowed her. According to some stories‚ Zeus had every right to fear this because Mother Earth had prophesied that Metis ’ first child
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Chapter 5-Art of Ancient Greece The ancient Greeks are known as a self aware people. No other culture in western civilization history was quite as introspective as the Greeks. They prided themselves as the most civilized society in the world. In fact the term “barbarian” basically meant non Greek. The development of Greek civilization rises from the ashes of the ancient Mycenaean and Minion cultures. From After the decline and eventual fall of the Mycenaean culture in 1100 BCE‚ the Aegean
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Polykleitos‚ a Greek sculptor from the mid-fifth century BCE‚ revolutionized the way sculptures were created thereafter by revealing a new way to look at the human figure. After receiving his education in Argos‚ a school in Greece (Kleiner‚ Mamiya 133)‚ Polykleitos entered a sculpting contest to create an Amazon for the temple of Artemis at Ephesos. Phidias‚ who was famed for his contribution to Greek sculpture‚ had also entered the contest and lost to his younger rival‚ Polykleitos. After this competition
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Architecture Quiz 2 VERSION A + B Arch 150 Spring 2012 GO TO # 101 ON YOUR ANSWER SHEET Questions about Image Set 1: Acropolis‚ Athens 101. The gateway to this site‚ visible in the foreground at the lower right‚ is called the: a. Erechtheion b. Parthenon c. Temple of Hera d. Stoa of Attalus e. Propylaia 102. The main temple shown at the upper right is dedicated to: a. Athena b. Erectheus c. Portunus d. Aphrodite 103. The primary function of the main temple shown at the upper right is: a. an interior
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Dipylon cemetery‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 400 BCE. Marble‚ 5’ 2” high. POLYKLEITOS THE YOUNGER‚ Theater‚ Epidauros‚ Greece‚ ca. 350 BCE. Erechtheion (looking northwest)‚ Acropolis‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 421–405 BCE. IKTINOS and KALLIKRATES‚ Parthenon‚ (Temple of Athena Parthenos‚ looking southeast)‚ Acropolis‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ 447–438 BCE. Pantheon AD 118-125 Roman Architects · First to conceive
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Around the times that Athens defeated the Persian Empire and was declared as the strongest Greek city‚ Classical art was at its peak (480-323 BC). Out of all the Greek cities‚ Athens was the city that was advanced in politics‚ economics‚ and culture. During the period of time that the Athenians were dominating Greece‚ the classical art style emerged. The philosophical context of classical art is that the Greeks wanted to make sculptures of the perfect bodies so they studied bodies until they did
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