fancy building use it. Today we use aceient greek architecture to show class and also power. Many place that have the colums that acient Greece use you know its very fancy. ldon’t use the frieze has much. Scranion Saving Banks resembles the Parthenon‚ west Elevation it has the same layout it has the same raking comice. The a difference in the colums in the scaronion saving banck they used the lonic order. It has the abacus and volute. The difference between Scaronion saving bank and acinet
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Bonheur (1822–1899) favored rural imagery and developed an idealizing style derived from the art of the past‚ her style also reflects the influence of such Romantic painters as Delacroix and Gericault and the classical equine sculpture from the Parthenon. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - A French landscape painter who moved from Romanticism to Realism. Thomas Eakins - An American Realist painter who painted portraits as well as landscapes. He also painted unique subjects like The Gross Clinic which
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There is evidence of the creation of art by humans since early life. We generate art because it becomes a passion‚ an intense emotion. Art is a way of life that connects with everyone and everything. Humans have a need to create and express ourselves. Each piece of artwork is a distinct inner expression of that person. Anthropologists and Historians have discovered that any society that rejected art would not thrive and may eventually become extinct. “Anywhere that neglects the arts shortchanges
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Artistic Themes from Ancient Cultures: Greece and Rome It is hard to think of the ancient world without looking at the Greek and Roman empires. Although similar‚ the Greek and Roman empires are two different cultures. They existed from 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. (Fiero‚ 2006). One constant in both cultures was their pursuit of perfection in their art and architecture. This paper will examine this pursuit of perfection in both cultures and how their impact is felt in the modern age. One of the most
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Athena by Jason Stowe Period 2 The god to be the topic of discussion in this report is Athena. Athena was an important member of the Olympic pantheon. She was born fully armed from the forehead of Zeus‚ the chief god. Athena was Zeus’s favorite child. He entrusted her with the Aegis‚ his breastplate‚ and with his thunderbolt. Athena’s role as a goddess varied. She was a major warrior and most images depict her dressed in armor and holding a spear. In Homer’s Iliad‚ she is described as a fierce
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Both the Laocoon and the seated figures are three dimensional sculptures‚ however‚ when comparing the two it appears that the seated figures look as if they are relief sculptures. The Laocoon statue depicts the tragic death of Laocoon and his two sons when they were punished by the gods for warning the Trojans to not admit the Greek’s wooden horse into their city. As the seated statues found at Temple Abu Simbel‚ have the qualities of a relief sculpture which consist of only being able to view the
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The life of the hero theseus Aegeus‚ king of Athens‚ and the sea god Poseidon both slept with Theseus’s mother‚ Aithra‚ on the same night‚ supplying Theseus with both divine and royal lineage. Theseus was born in Aithra’s home city of Troezen‚ located in the Peloponnese‚ but as an adolescent he traveled around the Saronic Gulf via Epidauros‚ the Isthmus of Corinth‚ Krommyon‚ the Megarian Cliffs‚ and Eleusis before finally reaching Athens. Along the way he encountered and dispatched six legendary
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Florence‚ Italy. She was named after the city of her birth. She was born to her father William Edward Nightingale and his wife Frances Smith as they toured Europe the first couple of years of their marriage. Florence had one sibling‚ sister named Parthenon‚ after the Greek city she was born in the previous year. Early education of
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considerable descent. The powerful architectural forms transmuted an activity that was normally hectic‚ disorderly and crowded into a controlled‚ ceremonial procession. This process is interesting because the plan is similar in buildings like Greece’s Parthenon‚ Temple of Hera and even later Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe. When the building was entered‚ with the help of naves and columns‚ movement was directed into one direction towards the nave. The experience of walking through the building was
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Zeus: king of the gods‚ the ruler of Mount Olympus‚ where all the gods lived. b) Hera: goddess of marriage c) Aphrodite: goddess of love They create the Olympics games Arquitecture: They built great temples for their gods. Example: the Parthenon‚ crated for Athena (goddess of wisdom) Literature: Homer Example: Iliad and Odyssey Science: Pythagoras was example of math studies. Example: Euclid‚ father of the geometry. Philosophers: Plato‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle. Ancient Rome 2000
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