The text “Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts”, introduces and discusses a lot of information that has to do with spirituality and religious art. Many architectural works that have been created as an art form also function as sacred spaces. It should be known that although there are many sacred spaces across different belief systems, that they actually have many architectural features in common. In Greece, we have the Parthenon and the Acropolis.…
The Parthenon is a temple in Athens which began to be built around 447 BC and was completed in 438 BC during the Classical Greek period which lasted from 450 BC to 400 BC. It is considered to be the time when Greek art was at its highest point. It is dedicated to the goddess Athena. The temple tells the story of Athena’s birth and the contest between her and Poseidon. The Parthenon is a doric temple which means its columns are sturdy with plain capitals.…
What makes this temple so different from Greeks temple is the Cella, it's divided into three parts. The temple is closed off on the back, whereas the Greek temple, and the Cella and the cult statues were designed to be porched from all sides. The columns of Etruscan…
The Acropolis is one of Greece's most monumental pieces that still stands today. It was erected as a place of worship; the area stands on top of an elevated area and towers over the city of Athens as a dedication to the God Athena. In 5th century BC, the city of Greece had emerged victorious after war. They had been rewarded with a greater sense of being, self-pride, and this opened their eyes to discovering themselves to a greater extent. Greece and its people had grown in confidence, patriotism, religion, and culture, and through architecture, the people wanted to share and show their new take on life.…
The temple design was developed to reflect the land when the gods first created the world. The stepped pyramids represent mountains with the caves being the entry into the temples on top of the pyramids. Here we can observe a strong similarity to the Olmecs witch built temples on top of fake moutains made out of rock piles. The Mayans added sculptures and color to these…
The wisdom of goddess has many talents. She is known to be the founder of wisdom, civil life, arts, and crafts, strength, mathematics, skills, law, and justice, inspiration, strength, and courage. Her name is to be known as Athena who is the daughter of Zeus. Her mother's name is Metis, Athena had many siblings that Zeus offspring with his other wife's. Apollo, Artemis, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Porus, Aphrodite, Hermes, Muses, Hebe, Hephaestus, Graces, Dionysus, Minos, Ares, Apollo, and Perseus.…
I. Introduction An extremely popular topic in the media today is Greek Life at college campuses. Almost every college across the United States has at least a few fraternities or sororities that end up in the news in some shape or form. Most of the time, the reason they receive attention is due to someone dying at a house, a girl being raped by a brother, or it’s revealed that a fraternity or sorority has been hazing their pledges.…
The Roman Colosseum was the work of a brilliant and energetic civilization. The Roman Colosseum was the work of a cruel and brutal civilization. The Roman Colosseum interweaves the impressive story of the construction of this remarkable building and the sobering tales of the "games" that went on inside it. In doing so, it reveals an entire civilization in all its genius and its…
As my second community assignment, i have chosen to attend a Jewish temple service. From my experience, I was able to more understanding and knowledge of the Jewish faith. My experience held both things I had expected, but many of my accusations were proven to be wrong. There were so many unexpected things that came out of my experience and I am glad I had the opportunity to learn new information about a large group within our society that I was not familiar with prior to my attendance at the Jewish service. Before leaving my house, I picked out an appropriate outfit for the service.…
Kaylee Argo Ms. DeGreef English IV 10 March 2017 The Tales of Greek Gods and Goddesses “Slay the monster Medusa and bring me her head,” said the king to a poor, yet valiant young Perseus (D’aulaire 114). It was his plot to get rid of the boy, so he could marry his mother. No man had set out to kill Medusa and come back alive, until Perseus. The tales of the Greek gods and goddesses are intertwined in history.…
As you can see in the layout columns surrounded the temple in a traditional Doric manner (8x17). The larger inner area otherwise known as the cella, is where the statue of Athena was housed (2). The room behind that was a treasury housing all of Athena’s treasures. This is where we see the unusual use of iconic order with Doric as this room was supported by four columns of the iconic order (). The statues and art in the interior were a direct depiction of the culture in Athens and was appreciated by the people of Athens.…
Ancient Greece paper Two Throughout history, there have been many cultures that have influenced todays societies, Ancient Greece being one of them. Violence, and warfare throughout history have seemed inevitable. Some of the most famous, and influential warfare throughout history stems from Ancient Greece.…
Heritage and culture: Rome Rome is located in central Italy on the west side. It is the capital of Italy and the fourth-most populous city in the European Union. Rome has many natural attractions. Such as the Vatican gardens.…
The building was first created in the late 1300's . To wordship Huitzilopochtl the god of sun and war, as well as Tlaloc the god of rain and fertility. This building held the most sacred ceremonies and ritual during the Aztecs era . The temple is made out of stucco and sculpted with hundreds of steps that would lead up to a…
On the entrance is a porch used for sacrical activity to the gods. Leading towards he alter there is a huge staircase between two walls. There temples where surrounded by columns, just like Greek temples but the temples were placed attached to the outer walls rather then leeting the interior be open. The Romans also used more then one style of columns inlike the Greeks, who avoided placing two different styles of colmuns in one structure. Looking at a building, there are distinct features that determines whether it is Greek architecturally based, or Roman Architecture.…