building techniques and materials. As a result‚ their architecture remain relevant until present day. While the Parthenon of Athens captures ideal Greek standards in architecture‚ the Pantheon of Rome shows the great advances that Roman architecture reached. The impact of each building shows in terms of materials‚ building technique and overall design. The Parthenon being the first temple to be built completely out of Pentelic marble (Millender and Nice‚ n.d.)‚ it has greatly inspired the usage of
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The Home of the Parthenon Marbles The Parthenon Marbles are national treasures of Greece and many years ago‚ were maliciously stolen by Lord Elgin‚ a corrupt business man‚ for his own personal gain. With aid of enemies of Greece and with the full knowledge of the crime Brittan refused to relinquish the stolen property to its rightful owner. The greed and corruption of England has allowed for the long-term confinement of a Greek monument within the dark and winding halls of a dusty British museum
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It was one of the first Greek temples to show classical balance‚ proportion‚ and unity. It was completed in 432 B.C. The Parthenon was dedicated to Athena and was designed by the architects Iktinos and Kallikrates. The temple was made up of many columns they like the rest of the temple was made up of marble. On the top of the Parthenon was a frieze. This was a band of sculpture that told the story of the celebration of Athena.
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throughout history. The Etruscans were an ancient civilization that thrived in central Italy around the sixth century BCE. Little is known about the Etruscans‚ but what is known can be extracted through art-producing culture. Their artistic culture is related to but distinct from the civilization of ancient Greece. The ancient Greek civilization spanned from the tenth century to the end of antiquity. This civilization made enormous contributions to science‚ politics‚ and art. The Etruscan art may have resembled
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The Parthenon and the Pantheon are both considered awesome works of art representative of the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome. The Parthenon‚ built in Athens in 447 B.C by Pericles‚ is considered classic Greece. The Pantheon we know today was built in Rome in 125 C.E. and is thought of as a great example of ancient Roman culture. While there are some similarities to the buildings‚ there are also differences in them around the functions they were erected for. Starting with the similarities
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The Parthenon Marbles Dispute Several art museums around the world have been created with the sole purpose to culturally enlighten and entertain us. An appropriate example is the local Nelson Atkins Museum‚ right here in our own backyard of Kansas City‚ where collections from Asia‚ Europe‚ Africa‚ and Japan increase our understanding and appreciation for different geographical regions. In England‚ the British Museum is arguably one of the best in the world at displaying this kind of internationalism
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reunion for Temple‚ I will be able to say that I moved to Los Angeles‚ California and obtained a master’s degree at UCLA. I will share all the wonderful memories that I developed in sunny California. I will write of my research done in the medical field that have helped to create more unique prosthetics. I will also share my accomplishments with the LGBT community in helping to legalize gay marriage in America. These are two great personal goals that I am going to accomplish with help of Temple University
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Wall Street’s Parthenon To anyone in New York City‚ Federal Hall Memorial and the Parthenon may not look anything alike. But you cannot try and compare the two buildings directly for the obvious reason that they were built for completely different reasons‚ time periods‚ and importance. On one hand‚ the Parthenon was originally constructed in 432 BC as an ancient Greek temple dedicated to the Goddess Athena‚ and on the other‚ Federal Hall Memorial built in 1842 as a memorial on the site of the
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Parthenon Temple Vs. Salisbury Cathedral HUM/266 October 18‚ 2013 The construction of the Parthenon temple began in 447 B.C.E. and was completed in 438 B.C.E. but the decorations building continued on until 432 B.C.E. The Parthenon was built on the Athenian Acropolis‚ Greece that the temple was dedicated to the maiden goddess Athena. The Salisbury Cathedral also known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built from 1220-1258. The Salisbury Cathedral was built in replacement
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The Parthenon is a former temple dedicated to the goddess Athena who was the patron to the people of Athens. The Parthenon was built in the mid-5th century BCE. The Parthenon was built by the architects Ictinus and Callicrates and was supervised by Phidias (the sculptor who built the Athena statue). The Parthenon was made out of white marble‚ the colonnade of grooves‚ there was baseless columns with square capitals stands on a three-stepped base and supporting the roof structure. The roof consisted
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