Golden Age Of Athens

The Golden Age of Athens was one of the most historical times in history. It wr was a time of great wealth and glory for Athens. It is one of the most well known cities of the ancient world. Although the citizens of Athens had to go through plagues, famine, wars, and devastation of their own city, they still persisted to succeed. The city went through a golden age that brought it to the heights of empire. This new age was full of new and inventive philosophers, leaders, architectures and planners. The Athenians made great advances in arts and architecture.

They were able to fund the entire marvelous city my gaining wealth through trades. They were able to create some of the worlds most famous and well-known architectural feats of the century.
With the money they were able to obtain, they invest on the Parthenon. The Parthenon is widely known in today’s society. It’s estimated that it would of token 3 billion dollars in today’s economy to build such a great construction project such as that of the Parthenon. They also made stoas that were used for protection from the weather. They built temples, which were where Athenians made offerings to the gods.

Athenians invited pillars that are still used in today’s society, especially in churches and government offices.
There were several different styles of pillars including Doric, Ionic, and Corinthians. One of the most often seen styles of pillars is Ionic. The Ionic order is an organizations system. The Ionic order began in the mid sixth century BC in Ionia. Ionia is a southwestern island of Asia Minor that was once established by Ionian Greeks. The Ionic order column first appeared in the mainland of Greece in the fifth century BC. The first Ionic temple was the Temple of Hera on Samos. It only stood for a decade before an earthquake knocked it down. Another temple built with the Ionic order was the Temple of Artemis. This temple lasted a longer period of time. One of the most well known Ionic buildings in the world is the Temple of Athena Nike in Athens. This temple is close to the
Parthenon. An ionic column stands on a base that separates the shaft of the column from the platform (stylobate). The cap is enriched with egg-and-dart. Egg-and-dart has an elegant design that gives the columns great character. At first the volutes were layered in a single plane. After some time, there was a shift in that they would be angled out in the corners. The angling of the volutes on the corner columns ensured equilibrium in both front and side views. This new feature that was added in the Ionic order made it more flexible and pleasing. Under the volutes the Ionic column had a wide collar that separated the capital from the fluted shaft.
They may have had even a drape of fruits and flowers from the clefts formed by the volutes. The standard hollows of flutes in the shaft were 24. This allowed for a familiar proportion to the diameter of the column at any scale. No matter what height the column was. Greek fluting runs edged straight down. The Ionic columns are much more slender then the Doric. The Ionic columns shafts were taller than the Doric’s. Ionic columns are eight and nine diameters tall. The Iconic columns are the most popularly used in history. For example, Inigo Jones used plain Ionic columns on his Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace in London. John Russell Pope used Ionic columns unfluted on the Roosevelt memorial at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
In conclusion the result of the golden age of Athens was an ever-lasting monument of the blossoming society with classiness. It is a idealized city that many countries wish too achieve. Many different styles of architecture came out of this era. One of the most influential pieces of Athens that still lives on in today’s society is the Ionic order. You can see these beautiful columns in very often in formal buildings. A world without the golden age of Athens is a world without style and pride. They found artistic ways to flaunt their
success.