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    turn Athens owned other city-states as did other ones. People thought of this as the highest point which was the closest to the Gods‚ so often many people went there to talk to the gods but‚ mainly inside the Parthenon which is located on top of the acropolis. Both‚ the acropolis and the Parthenon are considered spiritually important in the development of the city-state. Even though this was not a temple as such people prayed here to the Gods and Goddesses for everything‚ daily life things to pray for

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    All of the people who visited Parthenon were dazzled by the art and were grateful they were to the goddess of wisdom‚ Athena. Medusa was not as grateful for the magnificent art in Athena’s temple. She argued to her friends that she would make a better muse than Athena because she was more

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    which brought out the death in architecture. Greek architecture was considered the celebration of life. The most prestigious architectural achievement set forth by the Greek ancestry was the Parthenon‚ a temple dedicated to Athena. According to The Humanistic Tradition‚ written by Gloria K. Fiero‚ the Parthenon represented the apex of a long history of post-and-lintel temple building among the Greeks. The Greeks had introduced three of the five basic columns in classical architecture which are the

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    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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    that the gods are more powerful then humans and that the gods law are not written down but overpower written human law. The picture of the Parthenon in document #7 shows how specific features of that building influenced Western Civilization. The pillars and the shape of the building showed a sense of power and the actual architecture used in the Parthenon is still used today in places like the White House and Lincoln Monument. The picture of The Discus Thrower sculpture in document #8 reveals

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    conquered the Greeks they still regarded Greek culture and art as superior to any other. This is one of the eras defining qualities. Ancient architecture in Greece and Rome are also considered classical works of art including: The Pantheon‚ The Parthenon‚ The Arch of Constantine‚ and the Column of Trajan ("Visual art cork”) 1. . http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_classical_art#ixzz1j7wRJn4U 2. Neoclassicism Art was a tremendous movement in European art and architecture during the late 18th

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    prominent nose. * * Gigantomachy – the symbolic struggle between the cosmic order of Olympians (lead by Zeus) and the nether forces of Chaos led by the giant Alcyoneus. * Centauromachy – battle of Centaurs and the Lapiths (Parthenon metopes) * Caryatid – sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support replacing a column * Acropolis – high city. * Frieze – the middle eminent of an entablature that includes the triglyphs and metropes‚ below the cornice

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    The Ancient Greeks did not originate Art‚ it existed way before them. However the Greeks did employ the arts as a thematic approach that depicted practices of their daily lives‚ including their religion beliefs and mythological style too. The golden age of the Ancient Greek as some refers to the “high classical “period that took place and follows the classical period from 450 BCE to 400 BCE that lasted half century. It represents the outstanding cultural achievements and the intellectual growth that

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