Comparing The Parthenon Building In Ancient Rome And Greece

The Parthenon was an amazing and expensive achievement of ancient Greece. Although it is mostly in ruins today, there is enough knowledge about its construction to allow others to recreate the structure. The Parthenon is often constructed not only to honor the ancient Greeks, but also to honor the culture and place where it is recreated. Although the Parthenon’s influence is tremendous throughout the western world, it is generally only faithfully represented in part- the nearest representations found during my research include the Walhalla and the Nashville Parthenon. This paper focuses mostly on the original building’s history and its influence on American architecture, with a short discussion on a site in Germany. Research was conducted through the use of our course’s textbook, our consortium library, and educational websites. After my research was concluded, I became particularly fascinated with the golden ratio, which is debated to have been used during the construction of the Parthenon. I would like to research this in future work.

The Athenian Greeks at the height of their power built a temple called the Parthenon which was a monument to their core values of perfectionism, humanism, and rationalism. It is important to understand that the human eye has imperfections which deceive the mind, so one can understand the unique steps that were taken to achieve the illusion of perfection to the human eye. The Greeks loved perfection, and as seen in the Parthenon, the Greek architects purposely made the Parthenon imperfect to account for the imperfections in the human eye. This was done so that when one views the Parthenon with the naked eye, it appears to be perfectly symmetrical, straight, and proportional. The entire Parthenon does not have a single right angle. An example of the Greeks compensating for the imperfections of the human eye is seen in the base of the Parthenon, which from a picture or in real life looks perfectly straight, but in reality it is actually curved slightly upward. It is curved because the Greeks knew that if you have a perfectly flat base for a building, it appears curved to the human eye. To account for that, the Greeks made it so that the base was already curved. The Greeks also curved the columns of the Parthenon inward, because if the columns were straight, it would appear to be curving outward. Again, the Greeks knew about how the human eye deceives the mind, and decided that they must trick the eye to please the mind. This was all done because the Greeks strived for

If we look at the Greek temple plan, we can see that they had their frequency of the number of columns. As I mentioned before, they were smart, they had already used mathematic on their buildings. As known as the Parthenon, it is still standing. Some historians found that they had a very great building and sculptural plan. Iktinos and

Onto our next subject, we will look at the Greeks and the influence they have had on Architecture in Western Civilization. A simple observation of the Acropolis and you can see familiar designs and influence in western architecture from the columns to the moldings found in buildings today for example, the White House is filled with columns and moldings imitating Greek design. It’s easy to see why we have adopted the strong yet elegant designs of the Greeks, the designs are sturdy

There are three types of columuns in the Parthenon building which differ in size and shape. This difference give differnt appearance to the

5. The Parthenon exemplifies both form and line. The Parthenon is well aligned with what is left of it, with its pillars supporting rectangular form and triangular roof. Without lines, the structure would be with many flaws and likely be sloped. This structure uses for its geometric shapes being rectangular, cylindrical, and triangular. The form can also be observed in the roof where figure adorn the outer exterior of the Parthenon.

The Parthenon is one of the most recognizable building of ancient Greek architecture. It was built as a temple to honor the goddess, Athena. The Parthenon was built using the post-and-lintel style, had Doric order pillars, and used bronze clamps and dowels to secure the marble sections instead of mortar (Fiero 122-123). All these aspects combined created the base of one of the most beautiful ancient Greek building. Architecture is not the only impressive part of the Parthenon, the stunning artwork carved into the temple is extremely impressive.

The Parthenon at Athens is a Doric temple, eight columns wide by seventeen deep, but it incorporates Ionic attributes, such as slender column proportions and use of the Ionic order in its western opisthodomos or rear porch. The temple represents the Culmination of the Doric order. It stands on a platform or stylobate of three steps (krepidoma), as per the Doric order. In common with other Greek temples, it is of post and lintel construction and is surrounded by columns ("peripteral") carrying an entablature (the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals). The use of eight columns across the gable end, which is unusual in the Doric order, clearly has connections to earlier Ionic temples.

The Parthenon and Erechtheum on the Acropolis Athens was a city-state in Greece that had the Parthenon and Erechtheum temples built on an acropolis. Both temples played significant roles in Greek history, due to their dedication to Athena, the Goddess of war and wisdom. The historical and architectural aspects of the Parthenon were significant in displaying scenes of Greek history, such as the Birth of the Goddess Athena, and the battle that ensued between her and Poseidon. The Erechtheum was believed to be built in the area where the competition between Athena and Poseidon took place; it had great significant value, much like other Greek temples.

Until today, I had never really read much about the Greek Parthenon or the Chartres Cathedral. Both buildings seem to hold an importance existence in culture. From my understanding of the passage I have just finished reading, the Greek Parthenon represents the gaol interpretation of Greek tradition. The book says it exhibits the refined clarity, harmony, and vigor. The Parthenon seemed to have been a celebration treat due to the victory of a war to resist a Persian invasion. Objects called metopes surround the building to promote Greek culture. The metopes represent the Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs. This also symbolized the win of the war against the Persians. The proportions of the Parthenon are based off of ratios. Height to width of

In this essay I am going to compare the two famous buildings of the classical era; the Parthenon in Athens and the Pantheon in Rome. These two building of striking similarity to a casual eye, have a lot of differences and these differences informs us of the cultures that created them. I argue that the cultures that created them have left a lot of traces which could shed light into understanding these cultures. Without further due, we can delve into the comparative exercise.

Roman form of art expressed itself in their structures and building, however, the more polished form of art containing a prevailing artistic taste in beauty was missing in their culture. Although Romans couldn’t compete with Greek artists, their admiration for Greek art showed itself in the decoration of their houses and how they collected and ultimately preserved Greek art (Morey, 1901).

Throughout history there has been a great confusion about the architectural styles of the Greek and Roman civilization since they are mistakenly believed to be the same style and therefore in some occasions it is given less importance. In this essay I will try to clarify the difference between Greek and Roman Tektura by covering the themes of history with material orders and to give some examples of different decisions of each culture.

But also in the Roman monuments that do not exploit their ability interior vaulting, also in temples and basilicas where they were served the support system and interlocking applied in Greece, it is clear antithesis. If a plant of the Greek temple and another of a Roman basilica compares what is? fundamentally, the Romans have taken the colonnades that surround the Greek temple and have moved inside. Greek civilization knew few interior colonnades but where there respond to the constructive need to support the deck beams, not a conception of space inside. In Rome, next to the most accurate by the monumental scale of the building of the Empire technical necessity made, the social issue of the basilica, where men live and act as a philosophy and a culture that break the abstract contemplation and perfect appears Greek ideal balance, enriching psychologically, becoming more and more instrumental folded to rhetorical symbols of greatness.Move the Greek colonnades inside it means wandering in the enclosed space and converge all the plastic to enhancing this space decoration. (...)

After the annihilation of the Persians in 479 B.C., Athens commanded Greece politically, financially and socially