playing baseball in my friend’s lawn. It was a perfect place to play baseball and we had to move nothing. It had a fence that shaped like an L. “Teams are me‚ Alex‚ Maison‚ and Ben vs. Ryan‚ Conner‚ and Ethan‚” I said walking out to the picture mound. I threw a perfect curve ball which caught the corner of the strike zone. “Strike one‚” Maison calls from the outfield. Next pitch I threw a fastball‚ which Ryan and missed. “Strike two‚” I say pumping My next I made him chase outside for the last strike
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in the Parthenon and the Colleseum. The designs of the stone on both of these buildings are very unique and the colors of these stones are light which makes for such an amazing style on these buildings. Each of these buildings are an example of the two most amazing cultures in this worlds history which are the Roman and Greek cultures. The difference in the architecture is that the Colleseum was built for everybody and the Parthenon was made for only a select number of people. The Parthenon has more
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Ancient Greek art can be divided into four forms: architecture‚ sculpture‚ painting‚ and painted pottery. There are numerous examples of each‚ with the exception of painting. There is very little Greek painting from the Classical period; most of what we have is from the Bronze Age. The majority of paintings that survived were painted on walls‚ as decoration for rooms‚ like murals. Also some paintings were located in caves‚ and in temples‚ as a offering of beauty for the God’s. During the Christian
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In 1908‚ Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel sets up a millinery shop in the Paris apartment of her lover‚ the racehorse enthusiast Étienne Balsan. Ladies flock to 160 boulevard Malesherbes for her chic hats. In 1910‚ backed by her new beau‚ Arthur “Boy” Capel‚ Coco establishes Chanel Modes‚ a millinery salon at 21 rue Cambon. In coming years‚ the house will expand to take over numbers 27‚ 29 and 31. Gabrielle Chanel is licensed as a modiste‚ or designer of women’s fashions. Her hats are featured in the
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alternating with metopes f. black figure vase painter g. triangular space formed by roof and cornice h. warrior goddess‚ protectress of Athens i. slight convex curve of a column j. lowest division of the entablature of a temple k. architects of the Parthenon l. entrance gateway m. sculptor of the Discobolos n. female figure used as column o. storage jar with and egg shaped body p. sculptor of Hermes and Dionysus q. ornament from Ionic capital resembling a rolled scroll r. painting method using
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The Golden Age of Athens was one of the most historical times in history. It wr was a time of great wealth and glory for Athens. It is one of the most well known cities of the ancient world. Although the citizens of Athens had to go through plagues‚ famine‚ wars‚ and devastation of their own city‚ they still persisted to succeed. The city went through a golden age that brought it to the heights of empire. This new age was full of new and inventive philosophers‚ leaders‚ architectures and planners
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In the beginning of the book there is a Nancy Bobofit‚ but in the movie there is not and this takes away a large part of the beginning. The Parthenon in Nashville‚ Tennessee in the movie but in the book they do not go to the Parthenon. Also‚ unlike the book Luke steals the lightning bolt for power and to use it to overrule the gods. Just like there are differences there are also similarities that the book and movie do share. A similarity
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today. Perhaps the best preserved of all Roman architecture‚ the Parthenon is not only a tribute to the gods‚ but to human ingenuity and architecture itself. Approximately 484 years after being rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian in 125 C.E‚ the Pantheon was given to Pope Boniface IV by Emperor Phocas. The former Roman temple was reconsecrated as a Christian church known today as Santa Maria ad Martyres. This conversion saved the Parthenon
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PHEIDIAS (fl. c. 490-430 BC)‚ Athenian sculptor‚ the artistic director of the construction of the Parthenon‚ who created its most important religious images and supervised and probably designed its overall sculptural decoration. It is said of Phidias that he alone had seen the exact image of the gods and that he revealed it to man. He established forever general conceptions of Zeus and Athena. Little is known about Phidias’ life. When Pericles rose to power in 449‚ he initiated a great building
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Mesopotamia to even modern day. People have always created buildings to show their faith‚ and to honor their gods. In Ashokan India and ancient Greece‚ the creation of sacred spaces was very common. The creation of the Great Stupa in India and the Parthenon in Greece both were built for the honor and worship for the respective god and goddess for both nation In India during the rule of the Buddhist ruler Ashoka‚ the Great Stupa of Sanchi was commissioned. The Great Stupa was considered to be one
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