School of Athens Raphael Santi was born in Urbino of 1483‚ he was a painter and architect of the Florentine school in the Italian High Renaissance. He studied under Pietro Perugino; but after leaving Perugino and moving to Florence he soon adopted the styles of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo (who were the artists who had established the High Renaissance style in Florence). During that time‚ Julius II requested decorations for the stanze (rooms) that Nicholas V had added to the building of the
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museum was built and its collections reorganized by French archeologist Pierre de la Coste-Masselière. Pierre was a well known archeologist amongst the community of those who specialized in archaic Greek art and was a member of the French School of Athens. Who already had valuable information on Delphi from being the primary goers of the original excavations. He went on to put many of the artifacts in chronological order just as before and the new size of the museum allowed for more of a spacious
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points to support their stance on keeping the Parthenon marbles in Britain. The reasoning they have for arguing that the marbles were not stolen was that Lord Elgin “acted with full knowledge and permission of the legal authorities of the day in both Athens and London.” In addition to that‚ the British Museum argues that the case was “thoroughly studied by a Parliamentary Select Committee.” In addition to that‚ the Museum’s response to the argument that the marbles should be returned to the Parthenon
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Between 1801 and 1805 Lord Elgin‚ from the Parthenon in Athens‚ obtained the Elgin Marbles‚ which consists of pieces of architecture‚ sculptures‚ and inscriptions. The Elgin Marbles can be found in the British Museum‚ which allow people to understand ancient Greek and Athenian history. Since the sculptures are one of the longest cultural rows in Europe‚ the Greeks want the art to be returned back to their homeland. Because the Greeks believe that the pieces were illegally taken from Greece. On the
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Roads were a very important aspect in our life since communities became organized and traveling and trading goods were common. Long time ago traveling from Troezen to Athens was dangerous; there were numerous number of thieves and murderers on the way. So it was necessary to establish safe passage path for travelers and tradesmen. In Greek roads were not important as much as in roman. The roads in Greece did not developed that much by that time and perhaps this was due to the nature of the surface
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There were three social classes in Sparta and four in Athens. Spartan classes were the Spartiates‚ perioeci‚ and helots. The Spartiates were native Spartans with political rights and served in the army. The perioeci were foreigners who carried out most of the trade in Sparta. Helots were slaves who came from the lands that the Spartans had conquered (Sparta.net). These helots were generally treated better than other Greek slaves; they kept a portion of the crops they farmed‚ lived as a family‚ could
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CLASSICISM In the early 5th century Greek artists began consciously to attempt to render human and animal forms realistically. This entailed careful observation of the model as well as understanding the mechanics of anatomy - how a body adjusts to a pose which is not stiffly frontal but with the weight shifted to one side of the body‚ and how a body behaves in violent motion. The successors to the archaic kouroi‚ mainly athlete figures‚ are thus regularly shown ’at ease’‚ one leg relaxed‚ with a
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TCP 2022 REGENERATION AND PLACE Final assessment: essay writing Subject: Drawing on previous examples of major sporting events and festivals‚ critically discuss the assumption that London will benefit from hosting the Olympic Games. Word count: 2370 Mega sports events like the Olympic or the commonwealth Games‚ the Football World Cup or the European Capital of Culture always have big and beautiful aims‚ like for the last one‚ according to the European Commission ‘highlight the diversity
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<b>Introduction</b><br>Today‚ the Olympic Games are the world’s largest pageant of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are also displays of nationalism‚ commerce and politics. Well-known throughout the world the games have been used to promote understanding and friendship among nations‚ but have also been a hotbed of political disputes and boycotts. The Olympic games started thousands of years ago and lasted over a millennium.. The symbolic power of the Games lived on after their demise‚
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PARTHENON BUILDING The Parthenon is one of the many buildings on the Acropolis of Athens which symbolized the Athenians’ wealth and power. The original building on the site was built as an offering to honor the goddess Athena because the people of ancient Athens believed that she helped the Greeks conquer the Persian Empire in the Persian Wars as well as watched over them and the city. Therefore‚ the temple is dedicated to Athena Parthenos. Parthenon was built in the year 448 BC and was
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