expressive. Although beautiful as well‚ I never thought about architecture in the category of art until this week’s reading. In this week’s reading about the Parthenon‚ it is interesting to learn the background of classical Greece and the great efforts that were made to create art in order to reflect the greatness of Greece. All throughout‚ the Parthenon has been referred to and analyzed as a work of art. At first‚ I thought it was strange because I would never think of a building itself as art. I was just
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The Temple of Amun-re at Karnak and the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens have distinctive architectural enhancements and refinements that were put together to create‚ not just a building‚ but a significant piece of aesthetically pleasing architecture made for worship. One of the most mysterious places in ancient Egypt was the inside of a temple. They were the homes of the gods and goddesses and very few people were allowed to see the inside. Karnak temple was a solar temple based on the principles
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BCE. Contained within the mount‚ is the complex of temples dedicated to Athena-Nike and Athena-Parthenon‚ the Parthenon‚ as it is typically referred to‚ is the most well known structures in this temple complex. All made of marble‚ the Doric structure is a masterpiece of construction‚ created in the wake of the destruction of the previous structures during the Greek city-states war with Persia. The Parthenon sculptures typically “alluded to the Greeks’ struggle against the Persians‚ for instance‚ through
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The Elgin Marbles / Parthenon Sculptures I read two articles on the internet that provided some very interesting points in regards to the “Elgin Marble” which are better known as the “Parthenon Marbles.” Between 1801 – 1805‚ Thomas Bruce‚ Seventh Lord Elgin‚ procured the marble art and took them to Britain. Lord Elgin’s original intentions were to obtain some sketches and plaster casts made of the great sculptures and reliefs on the Parthenon and other nearby ruins. At the time Greece
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The Greek culture has had a huge impact on the history of the world. There is something Greek in almost everything‚ especially in the world’s architecture. Greece no longer had one king‚ so they focused on building temples for their gods. Architecture began small and plain but evolved into impressive pieces of art. As time passed from the Archaic period to the Hellenistic period‚ the people of Greece developed a type of formula for their buildings and their pieces of art. In Ancient Greece‚
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began to move the marbles from present-day Greece to London. The marbles in question are from the world-famous Parthenon structure in the Athens Acropolis. The temple was built nearly 2‚500 years ago. The Elgin Marbles are a set of eighty yards of the Parthenon’s frieze‚ which is a trademark Greek series of statues that normally sit on the upper exterior walls of a temple (“Parthenon Sculptures”). The real heat of the argument begins in the early twentieth century when a restoration movement was
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Greece is known for its great art and architecture during the Golden Age. The Golden Age was a time period in a field of endeavor when great tasks were accomplished.The Parthenon is an example of an architecture built on the Acropolis between 447 B.C. and 432 B.C. and until now it is one of the most important and great buildings in Greece. The history and culture of Ancient Greece have been a great influence in the modern world. A lot of these influences have been very beneficial; however‚ some of
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River‚ NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall‚ 2007. Print White‚ K. D. Greek and Roman Technology. Ithaca‚ NY: Cornell UP‚ 1984. Print. "The Temple of Apollo in Corinth: Mysteries Behind the Temple ’s Dedication and Use." Greek History. Web. 30 July 2010. . "Parthenon - Athens‚ Greece." Sacred Sites at Sacred Destinations - Explore Sacred Sites‚ Religious Sites‚ Sacred Places. Web. 30 July 2010. . Classical Greek Architecture - The Archaic Period‚ The Classical and Hellenistic Periods‚ tholos‚ stoa Web. 30 July
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clean lines. 1. http://www.ehow.com/how_5526113_compare-contrast-greek-roman-architecture.html 2. Henri Stierlin‚ Greece; From Mycenae to the Parthenon‚ Taschen Press‚ First Edition‚ 2001. p. 52 The first attempt to establish a sanctuary for the Greek goddess Athena Parthenos in the Athenian Acropolis‚ Athens‚ now known as the older‚ or Pre-Parthenon‚ was destroyed by the Persians shortly after the Battle of Marathon‚ around 480 BCE. The intent of the present structure was to eradicate any humiliation
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The Parthenon in Athens is the most famous surviving building of Ancient Greece and one of the most famous buildings in the world. It was built to worship Athena-the goddess of war and wisdom in 448-432 BCE. This architecture included many sculptures such as metopes‚ free-standing‚ and frieze. Most Greek temples have few decorated metopes‚ but there is a difference because in the Parthenon all ninety-two metopes were decorated on all sides with scenes from Greek mythology. Each side of the Parthenon
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