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    Describe The Pantheon

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    circular building which is much more Roman in it’s display. The pantheon follows traditional Roman architecture designed with a portico held up by eight Corinthian columns almost 12m high. The monolithic columns shafts are made of Aswan grey granite contrasted with the white pentelic marble of the capitals.The porch is supported by these Corinthian columns and is made out of white marble which is also seen on the circular building to seemingly connect these structures together. The porch displays several

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    ESSAY ONE: THE COLOSSEUM VS. CHARTRES CATHEDRAL 1 THE COLOSSEUM VS. CHARTRES CATHEDRAL From the ancient city of Rome to the elaborate stained glass windows in France‚ two famous architectural works of art display the differences between architectural structures in the different time periods of history. By comparing and contrasting the Colosseum with the Chartres Cathedral we can gain an understanding of how architecture has not only improved throughout time‚ but also where certain architectural

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    square. • Broken pediments Windows • Rows of arched windows are also commonly seen on domestic facades. • Rustication • Fenestration • Inner area is more sculptural Column • Doric‚ Tuscan and Ionic. • Peristyle • Rusticated Columns • Corinthian orders • Coupled columns Roof • Dome roofs COUNTRY ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES ARCHITECTURAL MOVEMENT RENAISSANCE BAROQUE ROCOCO Age of awakening or the rebirth Period of Artistic style “Late Baroque” was ornate and made strong usage

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    now and back then. Also the positive and negative affects they have one the world/people. Stone Columns Till this day we still have stone columns‚ Ionic columns‚ Doric columns‚ and Corinthian. You can tell the difference between them all because Ionic columns have scrolls‚ Doric columns are on top‚ and Corinthian have carved stone leaves. We still have and use these different types of columns till this day even in Washington D.C. Examples of these different types of columns are the Lincoln memorial

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    Law and Order is a weekly series televised on NBC‚ during season fifteen episode seven‚ Dissonant Voices. Jackie Walker an openly gay music teacher at a prestigious preschool in New York with a lustrous career as a singing coach on a reality show faces charges of child sex abuse. Jonah Allen a four year-old student comes forward with claims of sexual abuse by Jackie Walker. The prosecutor and detective Benson displays prejudice towards Jackie due to his sexual orientation however‚ detective Rollins

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    Wall Street's Parthenon

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    would be no purpose for that‚ even if it were possible to do in New York City. It is not the most important building in the city‚ and it does not need to be able to be seen by everyone. Another similarity that can be seen right away is the Doric order that was clearly followed while designing and constructing the exterior of Federal Hall. We can see this by looking at the columns and their simple capitals‚ along with the Doric frieze with the three lines‚ and the simple triangular pediment.

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    characteristics for each type of temple usually are. In a Greek temple‚ there are stairs all the way around the architecture and free-standing columns all the way around as well. A good example of a Greek temple‚ is the Temple of Hera which‚ uses Doric order. This temple has columns that are four times as high as they are wide‚ making them very robust. The Temple of Hera has a total of nine columns and the entrance contains three of them. This causes the entrance to have

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    that shows how it has elements that were part of the Ancient Greek architectural style: The house is built in a square with a hipped roof (4 uniform sides looks like a pyramid). The house has a portico (porch) with 4 round carved columns (Doric order). The frieze is plain and extends along the wall around the house. The windows on the first floor are double 6 pane which is typical of the Greek revival homes. Example 3: [pic]http://www.stpaulrealestateblog.com/st_paul_real_estate/2007/01/greek_revival

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    Art 101 Week 7 Checkpoint

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    used was in the Doric style. It was plain and was used primarily when where there were massive structures that needed to be supported. The Ionic style was used where there was a need for more decorative means. The third style was known as the Corinthian style column. It had finer detail work and was considered to be superior in many ways when compared to the Doric and Ionic styles. Roman architecture also

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    greco roman art

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    Greek Classicism Greek Civilization: • Greek sages concluded “Man is the measure of all things.” • Greeks supremely self-confident and self-aware • Greeks developed this concept of human supremacy and responsibility into a worldview that demanded a new visual expression in art. • Artists studied human beings intensely‚ than distilled their newfound knowledge to capture in their art works the essence of humanity—a term that‚ by the Greeks’ definition‚ applied only to those who spoke Greek; they

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