prosperity and political stability. Athens and Rome found success leading them down the path of victory and riches. Rome‚ the Capital of Italy and the largest city in the country‚ had many cultural achievements such as the Roman Catholic church in c. 4 BC – c. AD 30 and the Colosseum 80 AD. These architectural achievements were symbols of Rome’s strength‚ religion‚ and power. These buildings are still standing and continue to have a major impact on the world today. Athens‚ the heart of ancient greece found
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BCE. Contained within the mount‚ is the complex of temples dedicated to Athena-Nike and Athena-Parthenon‚ the Parthenon‚ as it is typically referred to‚ is the most well known structures in this temple complex. All made of marble‚ the Doric structure is a masterpiece of construction‚ created in the wake of the destruction of the previous structures during the Greek city-states war with Persia. The Parthenon sculptures typically “alluded to the Greeks’ struggle against the Persians‚ for instance‚ through
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The Greeks and the British are still battling over ownership of marbles sculptures from 2‚400 years ago. Parthenon Marbles was the name given to marble sculptures by the Greeks‚ who believe these sculptures belong to them because they were originally located in the Temple of Athena Parthenos in Athens. Elgin Marbles was the name given to marble sculptures by the British. The British believe they are the rightful owners of the marbles sculptures because British ambassador Thomas Bruce‚ who was the
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Switzer If I showed you pictures of the Parthenon and Pantheon‚ would you get them confused? Well‚ I sure did at first‚ but then realized a lot of people do because they look almost alike. Well I am going to tell you today that they are two completely different‚ yet monumental pieces of architecture. To start off I want to look at the Parthenon and then finish with the Pantheon. So let’s begin! The Parthenon is a temple that towers above the city of Athens‚ symbolizing the Athenians’ wealth and
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01.15.2014 B.C.E. = C.E. B.C = A.D. Form - the visual aspects of art and architecture‚ line‚ shape‚ color‚ light‚ texture‚ space‚ math‚ volume‚ and composition. Style – the combination of form and composition that makes a work distinctive. Content – includes subject matter or meaning and a work of art. School of artists – a group of artist usually working at the same time and sharing similar style influences and ideas Iconography – identify and studying and subject matter and conventional
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advocate. Later in Pericles career‚ he conveyed an intriguing speech honoring soldiers who had fallen in early battles of the Peloponnesian War‚ a skirmish for power between Sparta and Athens that would eventually result in Athens defeat in 404 BCE‚ long after Pericles own death. Despite the fact‚ Sparta and Athens united together to form the Delian league‚ to fight off the Persian threat in 478 BCE‚ by 450 BCE‚ Persia was no longer a threat‚ and Sparta sought to foment a large scale revolt against
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characteristics people were supposed to have acquired in order to be respected in those given societies. The role of women was a common theme portrayed in many famous works of ancient art. Joan B. Connelly’s essay‚ “Parthenon and Parthenoi: A Mythological Interpretation of the Parthenon Frieze” and Natalie B. Kampen’s essay‚ “The Muted Other” both touch on the subject of women being represented in ancient art as examples of what was expected for women to appear as in society. In antiquity art‚ women
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The Parthenon in Athens is the most famous surviving building of Ancient Greece and one of the most famous buildings in the world. It was built to worship Athena-the goddess of war and wisdom in 448-432 BCE. This architecture included many sculptures such as metopes‚ free-standing‚ and frieze. Most Greek temples have few decorated metopes‚ but there is a difference because in the Parthenon all ninety-two metopes were decorated on all sides with scenes from Greek mythology. Each side of the Parthenon
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gods and goddesses. One of the most important Greek buildings is the Parthenon‚ which was built between 447 and 438 BC. The Parthenon was designed by Phidias‚ and built by Ictinus on the Acropolis of Athens with the purpose to honor the goddess Athena and the people that honored her. Also‚ the Parthenons frieze and pediment are further evidence that prove the immense influence humanism had on Greek architecture. The Parthenons frieze (a horizontal band that runs above the doorways or windows‚ and
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differences and similarities between the two buildings and their respective civilizations. During what’s usually called the golden age of Athens‚ a politician named Pericles commissioned a new temple to Athena‚ goddess of wisdom and war--among other things--and patron of the city-state of Athens (Martin‚ 2013). The years that followed Persia’s defeat by Athens were particularly prosperous economically and militarily. Because the Greeks were very
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