The Pantheon One of the more inspiring and brilliantly conceived and constructed dome structures in the world is the Pantheon of Rome. This example imposes a magnificent strength of ingenuity and dominance over their surrounding landscape‚ and the Pantheon deserves to be researched and admired for its architecturally innovative and bold design of its time. The building was accommodated with serious technical impediments that required a thorough and scrutinizing attention to detail in order to
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THE PARTHENON The Parthenon in Athens is the most important and characteristic monument of ancient Greek civilization‚ it is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. It shows the finest point of Greek architecture‚ history and ancient Greek religious beliefs. The Parthenon is a temple dedicated to Athens patron goddess‚ Athena (Herbert‚ 2006:3). Athena was the goddess of civilization‚ wisdom‚ weaving‚ crafts and war. She never had a consort or lover‚ and so she was often known as Athena Parthenos
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Kevin November 6‚ 2013 Professor Comparison of the Sumerian Gods and the Greek Pantheon The Sumerian civilization existed an estimated three thousand years prior to the Greeks (Powell p. 60). Although very little is actually known about the Sumerian culture‚ archaeologists have unearthed ancient artifacts and clay tablets containing cuneiform writing that have given historians bits and pieces of the stories that were told during that time (Powell pg. 63 Figure 7.3). While the Sumerian empire
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The Pantheon is a piece of architecture in Rome‚ Italy constructed under order of the Roman emperor Hadrian between 118 and 128 AD (ignoring the previous building at the site). The Pantheon was one of the first pieces of architecture to utilize concrete‚ and the strength and lightness of the material allowed for the Pantheon’s design to be revolutionary and very influential in architecture. The Pantheon was originally built as a temple to the gods. In the seventh century it was sanctified and has
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The Parthenon When work began on the Parthenon in 447 BC‚ the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power. When it was finished in 432 BC‚ it symbolized Athenian’s imperial power and it symbolizes the power and influence of the Athenian politician‚ Perikles‚ who championed its construction. The Parthenon is a Doric peripteral temple‚ which means that it consists of a rectangular floor plan with a series of low steps on every side‚ and a colonnade of Doric columns extending around the periphery
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order‚ including the Pantheon. The Pantheon is located in the modern business district of Campo Marzo in Rome‚ Italy‚ and it was a former Roman temple‚ but now it has been consecrated as a Catholic church. Although it is one of the most preserved buildings in the history of architecture‚ it has many outcomes and many changes that has been evolving
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The Parthenon in Athens Greece was built from 447 BCE- 438 BCE‚ the sculptures continuing to be worked on for an additional six years after. The building of the Parthenon was possible because of the embezzlement of Delos‚ a small city that allied with Athens during the war. After the war was ended‚ Athens had control of Delo’s treasury‚ and choose to use it to rebuild the temple that the Persians had burnt down. They had vowed to not rebuild the temple until after the Persians had been defeated
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There are few buildings in the world today that have survived the ravages of time so well as the Pantheon in Rome. This is mainly due to superior engineering. The Pantheon has often been copied‚ sometimes equaled but never surpassed‚ it had more architectural innovations than most modern buildings. This makes the Pantheon really extraordinary since it was built around 125 AD under the aegis of the emperor Hadrian. Superior engineering The plan is simple enough: a circular enclosure aside a rectangular
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The pantheon is an artistic and imaginative blend of three major architectural focus: the unification of traditional temple form and the new domed space‚ the technical development of concrete constructions‚ and the tendency to obscure construction and structural elements. This paper discusses the Pantheon by analyzing the architecture from various aspects such as its three distinctive spaces and the experience they brings‚ the lighting of the interior‚ innovation such as coffering‚ the skillful use
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on the Parthenon Mary M Dean HUM111045VA016-132-001 CHAD REDWING 3/10/2013 Abstract We didn’t have the money to go to Greece to the parathion so I had to go to the one in Nashville TN. It was a very interesting place to visit. Me and my husband went they cost was only $6 for adults so that was a great price to pay to walk through this wonderful place called the Parthenon. We went on March 8th. The Parthenon 2500 West
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