“The parthenon is a temple to the Greek goddess of wisdom Athena. In the nineteenth century‚ the Parthenon became a symbol of honesty‚heroism‚ and civic virtue of the highest ideals in art and politics‚ a model for national monuments‚ government building‚ and even homes.” (Marilyn Stokstad‚ 149). The Parthenon
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Panathenaic Amphorae were simply not special. However they do reveal a stark contrast between the mundane and the mythic. The format of a Panathenaic format was simple: it was “a picture of the prize event on one side‚ and Athena in the smiting pose on the other” (Neer 183). These amphorae were used as prizes for the Panathenaic games during the 6th century BC. They were black figure styled art‚ and relatively average sized‚ often filled with olive oil. What had been observed in the times before
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The Laocoon Group from page 96 in our text (Fig. 3.30). This statue depicts a scene from Virgil ’s Aeneid. The scene takes place shortly after attempting to warn the Trojan ’s not to bring the horse into the city‚ Laocoon goes to the altar of Poseidon with his sons to make a sacrifice when all three are attacked and killed by two sea serpents sent by the gods. This was because of the warning and it is even mentioned that is specifically for throwing his spear at the horse and piercing it.
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One view was that Athena had turned her into a Gorgon because Medusa had slept with Poseidon inside of her temple (Nardo 20). This perspective says that Athena was so unhappy that Medusa was defiling her temple‚ so as a punishment she turned her into a monster that no one could sleep with or even look at without dying. Another view also had to do with the relationship between Medusa and Athena. The second view says that Medusa was the most beautiful person in the world until Athena became jealous of
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of the scenes take place on the Acropolis and shrine on a rough hill 500 feet above sea level–accessible through a marble gateway (the Propylaea). The acropolis had a gigantic ivory-and-gold statue of the. Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and war and the patron goddess of Athens‚ was honored in the temple as Athena Parthenos. The characters come from various parts of Greece such as Pylos‚ Boeotia‚ Thebes‚ Corinth and Anagyr. Lysistrata is the history of a house wife which is furious to the pointless war
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and leader of the 12. His symbol was the thunder and in many of his statues he appears holding one. Poseidon‚ god of the sea and earthquakes‚ was most at home in the depths of the Aegean where he lived in a sumptuous golden palace. When he became angry (which was often) he would use his trident to create massive waves and floods. Ever intent upon expanding his domain‚ he challenged Dionysos for Naxos‚ Hera for Argos and Athena for Athens. Ares‚ god of war‚ was a nasty piece of work fiery tempered
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and a lively element where a plain surface would normally be. Squares and rectangles appear throughout the image as well‚ from the elongated rectangles forming the columns that support the archways‚ to the squares framing the small statues below those of Apollo and Athena. A repeating pattern of concentric squares of deep red set against the pale marble gives us the foreground of the piece. There is one cube present as well‚ that which Heraclitus is propped against. Interestingly‚ it seems to utilize
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The Riace Bronzes‚ also called the Riace Warriors‚ are two full-size bronzes cast about 5th century BC. The two statues are hosted at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale della Magna Grecia in Reggio Calabria. Since their discovery in the coast of Riace Marina (RC) in 1972‚ they represent one of the most significant sculptural masterpieces of the Greek art in the world‚ thanks to their outstanding manufacture. In addition to their extraordinary realism‚ the Bronzes have become one of the most important
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making statues‚ and pottery. The most notable Greek building is the Parthenon‚ which was specifically temple architecture. The Parthenon was a worship temple built in
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Olympia is known as the first home of athletics‚ where many remains of Ancient Olympics are located. In addition‚ the masterpiece of the ancient architecture—the Temple of Zeus is also a special scenery here. The Temple of Zeus was designed by Libon. It was constructed on 470 B.C. The Temple of Zeus was built with carved metopes and triglyph friezes. There’re many sculptures in the Temple of Zeus. These sculptures were curved between 480 B.C and 450 B.C‚ when the severe style was popular. The pediments
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