& Lehmann in their work The (Fabulous) Fibonacci Numbers‚ there is reason to believe that the letter φ (phi) was used because it is the first letter of the name of the celebrated Greek sculptor Phidias (490-430 BCE). He produced the famous statue of Zeus in the Temple of Olympia and supervised the construction of the Parthenon in Athens Greece (Posamentier & Lehmann‚ 2007). In constructing this masterpiece building‚ Phidias used the Golden Ratio to create a masterpiece of work. Figure
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The title ‘Pygmalion’ refers to the character from Greek Mythology with the same name. Pygmalion was a sculptor who hated women with a passion. However‚ when he created a beautiful statue of a woman made of ivory‚ he fell in love with it. He proceeded to pray to Aphrodite‚ the Greek Goddess of Love‚ to turn the statue to life‚ and the Goddess complied. Nevertheless the sub-title ‘A Romance’ is not appropriate because even though the first part of the Mythology can be paralleled with the play – where
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GREEk Literature IntroGreek duction * Greece is a land of islands‚ mountains‚ and peninsulas. Rocky hill tops separate parts of the territory from each other‚ and make the soil difficult to farm. * Their literature focuses on human body and mind. ARCHAIC PERIOD TO THE END OF THE 6TH CENTURY BC The Greeks created poetry before they made use of writing for literary purposes‚ and from the beginning their poetry was intended to be sung or recited HOMER Iliad Odyssey Pure tragedy
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Romans (plus a couple of major extras in each case) were similar in function. But they differed in many ways. Greek Major Pantheon Twelve Great Olympians: Zeus‚ Hera‚ Hades‚ Poseidon‚ Hestia‚ Apollo‚ Artemis‚ Hermes‚ Hephaestus Athena ‚ Ares and Aphrodite. Two Great Gods: Demeter and Dionysus Roman Major Pantheon Di Consentes: Iuppiter‚ Iuno‚ Minerva‚ Vesta‚ Ceres‚ Diana‚ Venus‚ Mars‚ Mercurius‚ Neptunus‚ Volcanus‚ and Apollo. (Listed by the Poet Ennius about the 3rd Century‚ B.C.E.) Two Great Gods:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Gallery 156 has a bronze sculpted Pair of Eyes within a glass case. (Fig 2). These eyes once belonged to an over life cult statue that holds the position
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The birth of Venus is displayed at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence‚ Italy. But originally Botticelli was commissioned to paint the work by the Medici family of Florence‚ specifically Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici under the influence of his cousin Lorenzo de’ Medici‚ close friend to Botticelli. The painting depicts the goddess Venus‚ having emerged from the sea standing on a seashell‚ arriving at the seashore. On Venus’ right is Zephyrus‚ God of Winds‚ he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura
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take kindly to being insulted‚ by mortal or god. Apollo made the mistake of insulting one of his fellow immortals. Apollo was a great archer‚ but sometimes he was a little full of himself. One day he caught sight of Eros (Roman/Cupid)‚ the son of Aphrodite. Eros was also an archer‚ and his arrows were responsible for causing love and lust in a person ’s heart. Apollo teased young Eros‚ putting down his abilities as an archer‚ claiming that one so small could really make no difference with his arrows
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museums and great libraries‚ such as those at Alexandria and Pergamon (255408). Hellenistic artists copied and adapted earlier styles‚ and also made great innovations. Representations of Greek gods took on new forms. The popular image of a nude Aphrodite‚ for example‚ reflects the increased secularization of traditional religion. Also prominent in Hellenistic art
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The Greeks sculpted a Kouro‚ a male‚ and Kore‚ a female. The figures demonstrated the Greeks’ social expectations of the sexes in their culture. The marble Kouros‚ from Attica‚ Greece‚ ca. 600 BCE‚ copies the actions of Egyptian statues. He is nude and has his hair braided. He is facing forward stepping with his left foot is in front of his right foot. Peplos Kore‚ from Acropolis‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 530 BCE is an example of a female counterpart to a Kouro. She is standing fully
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an issue of language. This play was written by George Bernard Shaw in 1912‚ presents a comic Edwardian version of the classical myth about Pygmalion‚ legendary sculptor and King of Cyprus‚ who fell in love with his own statue of Aphrodite. At his prayer‚ Aphrodite brought the statue to life as Galatea. George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion is the story of Henry Higgins‚ a master phonetician‚ and his mischievous plot to pass a common flower girl‚ Eliza Doolittle‚ off as a duchess at the Embassy Ball
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