Our world has gone through many changes and adaptations. We are in‚ some way‚ different from one another‚ we have different languages‚ habits‚ and beliefs. All these differences developed many years ago with our ancestors. Many primitive cultures advanced through discovery and innovation but still relied on spiritual and theological explanations to what did not make sense at that time in their cultural development. As part of this‚ ancient cultures created deities to help bring understanding to the
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style. Marble House was built between 1888-1892‚ at a total cost of $11 million. The Vanderbilt family spent $7 million for the marble alone. The architect for Marble House was Richard Hunt‚ who drew upon two famous historic building designs: The Parthenon (5th century B.C E Athens
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In abstraction‚ Artists during the classical era portrayed events in their art and narratives out of their sequential order. In this article‚ Jocelyn identifies two common patterns of narrative: hierarchy and spatial time. In classical art‚ figures are arranged according to their significance and role in the narrative‚ which is their social hierarchy. Later in classical art‚ placement of figures and events is solely based on where it took place because time in classical antiquity art was not measured
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The steps on the staircase are shallow and meant for comfortable use‚ similar to The Parthenon (447-432 BCE)‚ located in Akropolis‚ Athens. At the top of the staircase there are four ionic columns; two on each side of the entrance. These columns rest on a small base that separates the shaft from the platform. There is no metepied or trigliff
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Test 3: DIRECTIONS (chapters 12‚13‚14) (20 questions worth total 10 points). • Save the test as a word doc. NOT PDF Save the file with your last name‚ first name‚ test 1 . For example:Harmon_Susan_test1 • You will get a 0 if you do not save it this way and as a word doc. • Open Book test‚ not timed‚ not proctored‚ 24 hours to complete. • Due Sunday‚ November 2 by 5 pm‚ via email. The test will be posted in the Announcement page‚ at the Assignment page and sent to each student via email by Sunday
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In my final paper we will look at the ways that art and architecture from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period responded to the needs and aspirations of the ancient Greeks and their society. In this essay we will cover topics starting from the Bronze Age including the beginning of settlements across ancient Greece to the more advanced structures of the city states that eventually began to spread throughout Greece. I will also be discussing some influential people from this time and lightly
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have children and even participated in war. The greatest buildings the Greeks built were temples in honour of the gods‚ but only priests were allowed inside. Special rituals for their gods were held outside. One of these great temples were the Parthenon‚ built for the goddess Athena. From these great architectural wonders developed styles used in architecture until today. The influence of Grecian design can be seen in modern buildings where architects make use of either the Doric‚ Ionic‚ or the
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visually‚ organizing it into a series of coordinated visual units that could be comprehended as a whole. Viollet-le-Duc believed this approach is the most rational because its fitness and clearness have unified the entire structure. Aside from the Parthenon mentioned in the essay‚ the Temple of Hephaestus is another example that belongs to the second approach of ornamentation. Only 18 of 68
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great cultural question before us is therefore this: can we manage to preserve what is numinous and transcendent and ecstatic without giving any more room to the superstitious and the supernatural. (For example‚ can one treasure and appreciate the Parthenon‚ say‚ while
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Greece. In 461 marked the start of The Age of Pericles. This continued until 429 B.C. Pericles brought great changes to the government of Greece and also great changes to the nature of art and progress of his time. The New Temple of Athens and The Parthenon were built along with many others. He had used building projects in a political way. His actions set the standard for not only Athens but Greece also. He believed that they should follow the path of no one but instead they should be a model to others
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