Raphael ’s School of Athens The work of art I chose for this assignment is one of a series of frescoes by the renaissance artist Raphael. The School of Athens is large‚ measuring 300 inches wide by 200 inches tall‚ and is part of a series of frescoes commissioned by Pope Julius II for what is now known as the Stanze di Raffaello in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The work was completed by Raphael between 1509-1511‚ and is generally agreed upon to be the second work completed there. Originally
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city-states that existed in with great contrast. Athens and Sparta were among the Greek poleis‚ differing in many ways. The most significant differences were apparent in methods of military use‚ the political and social structure‚ and issues within their economy. The Athenian approach to establishing a harmonious government was to give the people a voice. They did not hold ranks‚ keeping the impoverished on the outside of the community. Athens sought to keep the political and social structure
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colonies. During this time tyrannies developed and cities emerged along with the two most important states‚ Sparta and Athens. Sparta‚ which was a mixed government entity with a monarchy type of ruling‚ and Athens was the founding state of democracy. Although there were several hundred Polis‚ their histories are not as known as the two most powerful Greek states of Sparta and Athens.
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Comparing and Contrasting Classical Athens and Sparta The classical Greek civilizations of Athens and Sparta showed some similarities‚ yet also showed a large number of differences. For example‚ these city-states had completely different views about women and their rules on female freedoms show this. Athenian women‚ like most of the women in other Greek city-states‚ were considered to be useful only for child-bearing and domestic jobs. Sparta‚ however‚ was the oddball out‚ giving the women of their
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Athena was the goddess of wisdom and war. She invented math. Her responsibilities were giving wisdom‚ inspiring‚ inventions‚ and protecting Athens. She could change herself into other forms and shapes. Her weapons were a lance‚ shield‚ and a fringed cloak. Athena lived on Mount Olympus. Her parents were Zeus and Metis. Metis was a Titaness. Her birth was more than unusual. Metis was to bring forth the new goddess‚ Athena. Zeus decided to put her into his own belly‚ as Gaia and Uranus had
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Athens in the Time of Pericles Religion‚ Death and Burial Pericles lived from 495-429 BC. During this time‚ religion was inextricably linked with Athenian society. It contributed to a lot of Athenian culture and the many aspects of religion were depicted through buildings‚ artworks‚ festivals and every day rituals. Gods and Goddesses In Greek mythology there were 12 main gods‚ that were prayed to and worshipped by the Athenians. It was said they lived on top of Mount Olympus. They resembled human
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century‚ the capital city of Greece‚ Athens‚ when through a period of transformation in which it took a major shift forwards in its change in political structure‚ upwards economic prosperity‚ and cultural and artistic blooming. This period was called the Golden Age of Athens. This golden age would later be eponymously called The Age of Pericles‚ after the politician and general who rose to power during that time. It was during this century in Ancient Greece where Athens is the centre of attention. This
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TA: Katherine Pillman Architectural History 118 1) Both the Acropolis in Athens‚ Greece‚ and the Ise Shrine in Japan are sacred sites dedicated to a goddess. The Parthenon‚ and the entire Acropolis complex‚ was a site dedicated to Athena‚ the patron goddess of Athens. The Parthenon housed a grand ivory and gold statue of Athena. It was magnificent and demonstrated how it contributed to the way the people of Athens were meant to worship the goddess. 5 The people were meant to come to the
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To the question how great were the differences of classical Athens and Han china? My interpretation is that there was a huge difference in these two empires. Like there form of government‚ art‚ geography‚ and population. In classical Greece (9th–6th centuries BCE) the form of government is a democracy which is ‘administration is in the hands of‚ not of a few‚ but of the whole people’ (Pericles). Where as in Han china (206 BCE – 220 CE) the form of government is a bureaucracy which is a body of non-elective
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people were against it and wanted to get rid of philosophers. There was a famous trial in which the Athenians tried to put Socrates to rest. He was accused of attacking conventional ideas and ways of life. They said he was a bad influence on all of Athens. During the trial they gave him three options. He could be killed‚ exiled‚ or sentenced to life in jail. Socrates said‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living‚” which means there is no point of living if he has to change his
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