Shirkira PIttman March 15‚2013 Cultural and Intellectual Life In life you will find that many people have belief systems or cultures that help make up their life. Culture is a type of tradition‚value‚ heritage shared with a group or nation. Throughout mainly history‚ many different cultures have experienced a Golden Age; it is when great advances were made in a variety of different fields. A Golden
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Acropolis The Acropolis of ancient Greece consisted of many different structures. The structures included in the construction of the Acropolis were the Erechteum‚ the statue of Athena‚ the Propylaea‚ the Temple of Athena Nike‚ and the Parthenon. These structures‚ inside the extensive Acropolis walls‚ were designed for many significant reasons. One of the most remarkable aspects of a settlement from the Mycenaean period (1600 - 1200 B.C.) is the wall around the Acropolis. The first inhabitants
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Greek legacies are their governmental systems‚ culture and arts‚ and science and technology. Classical Greece was a time where the growth of a community held strong through times of plague‚ wars‚ and numerous breakthroughs. A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on direct democracy. With a direct democracy‚ citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males‚ except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women‚ slaves‚ and all foreigners
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away the general population. Rollo set out from start to rebuild monasteries and temples. It was evident Rollo knew the importance of religion in a community. The people of Normandy take part in pilgrimages‚ support reforms‚ and even lead Crusades. Brown states “By the mid-tenth century the Norman dukes‚ at least‚ had come to subscribe to the almost universal respect held by civilized contemporaries for monasticism as a vital social function and superior way of life.” In later progression of the
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The Ancient Greeks practiced a religion that was superseded by culture. The foundation of their culture was built on their mythology but it became much more than that. Ancient Greece was not a melting pot of religion. The people were more unified than the common American might understand. The people of Athens‚ as well as the rest of Ancient Greece‚ built the foundation of their lives on the Acropolis and their mythology‚ however‚ instead of it simply being a means of religion‚ it was a means of culture
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THE SEVEN WONDERS [pic] PYRAMIDS OF GIZA [pic] HANGING GARDENS [pic] TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS [pic] STATUE OF ZEUS [pic] COLOSSUS [pic] LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA [pic] THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS [pic] The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the tomb of king Mausolus. Halicarnassus (Modern Bodrum‚ Turkey) was the capital of a small Mediterranean kingdom. In 377 B.C.‚ Hecatomnus of Mylasa‚ the ruler of this land‚ died and left control of the kingdom to his son‚ Mausolus. Mausolus’
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‘After having considered the right arrangement of the human body‚ the ancients proportioned all their work‚ particularly the temples‚ in accordance with it’. To what extent does the human body influence architectural forms and writing from antiquity to 1600? The study of the human body has spanned centuries‚ from the mathematicians of antiquity to the humanist scholars of the High Renaissance‚ and parallels between the bodily proportions and architecture have played their part in some of the
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Dice (117) Calf-Bearer (118) Contest of Two Warriors (76) Zeus-Poseidon (120) Death of Sarpedon (81) pendant of Athena (127) Geometric Krater (116) Aphrodite of Knidos (121) Bust of Pericles (87) the Parthenon (122-126) Foot Race amphora (90) Song of Seikelos (121) Dipylon kouros (118) Berlin painter- Kitharode (129) Kroisos (119) Kritios Boy (119) Doryphorus (115) Discobolus (113) Kore from Chios
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By: Nistha Pithava Nistha Pithava Art History 1 December 12‚ 2012 Take Home Final: Part 1 Section I: Ancient Near East The works of the art that is related to the Near Eastern time period incorporates the arts of Mesopotamia‚ which is ancient Iran‚ Syria‚ and Turkey between the periods of 3500 through 399 B.C. The dates of begin in the Neolithic prehistoric times and end in the historic or dynastic periods‚ which for the most part is prior to the Christian era. Near East
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the Slopes showcases artifacts that were founded on the slopes of the Acropolis. The Archaic Gallery gives visitors the opportunity to view three-dimensional exhibits such as statues. On the 3rd floor in the Parthenon Gallery‚ one can observe an informative video presentation about the Parthenon‚ and visitors are informed on how democratic bodies functioned in the time of Ancient Greece. There is also a temporary exhibit on the Greek oracle Dodona lasting until January 10‚ 2017. The exhibit features
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