Parthenon And Pantheon Analysis

The Parthenon is an Ancient Greek building sitting on the acropolis of Athens. To compare it to the Pantheon is quite a feat, but they don’t have as many similarities as one would imagine. The Parthenon of Ancient Greece serves as a temple, but it also had another purpose. The Pantheon served as a monument and temple, to dedicate not only to the emperor of Rome but the gods and the Christian god later on.

The Greeks invented the Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian orders of architecture that most of the world use today. The Romans heavily copied the Greeks style of Architecture in the Creation of the Pantheon in many ways they look the same. Well, maybe not exactly the same but close enough to make the average person wonder if the Romans were trying to copy the Parthenon. Finally status. The Parthenon and the Pantheon were designed to create a way for control of the for the masses a place to bring to a head all of the religious fervor or political duty.

One of the main areas that we can see the influence of the Greeks in the Roman Empire is through the architecture that they used. Both Greece and Rome have some of the most beautiful architectural buildings in the world. The two that are most notable is the Parthenon in Greece and the Pantheon in Rome. The Romans picked up on the Greeks most favorite form of architect: the arch. “The arch constituted a clear technological advance over the post-and-lintel construction used by the Greeks in buildings like the Parthenon”

Therefore the Parthenon in Greece was created to represent all of the gods of Ancient Greece, whereas the Pantheon represented only one (Athanasiosk, 2009). These two buildings feature similar features but created in different ways. Columns made for the Parthenon were made in slabs placed on top of each other, whereas technology and skill had developed differently with the Ancient Romans allowing columns to be one large piece made out of concrete (Athanasiosk, 2009). The Pantheon and the Parthenon are also made of different materials resulting in different looking structures. Whereas the Parthenon was made primarily out of ancient concrete, the Pantheon was made also out of various stones such as marble and granite resulting in a texturally different building (H, 2010).

The second reason why the Parthenon belongs to the Greek culture is because the temple itself is “. . . a building whose familiar form has become virtually synonymous with the boldest triumphs and highest ambitions of the age of Pericles” (Green, 11). Since Pericles is a Greek figure and all of his triumphs were for the Greek people and well-being of the civilization, it is clear that the Parthenon can be strictly claimed by the Greeks. Also, the idea behind the building of this monument was to honor the goddess Athena (“Parthenon”). This is Greek simply because Athena was a goddess of the Greek culture. Other cultures had different names for their gods and goddesses and also had different ways of honoring those divine figures. Had the Parthenon been a Roman structure, it might have been to honor Hera or Diana. Had it been an Islamic structure, it might have been to honor

This paper evaluates and considers two important buildings from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, the Greek Parthenon and the Roman Pantheon. Style, function and reflection on how these buildings represent the cultures that created them. A comparison between the two buildings is included.

The Parthenon was constructed during the Arthenian empire beginning in 447 B.C. and completed in 432 B.C. (Silverman, 2015) Using elements from both the Doric and Ionic orders, it optimizes Greek architecture with a sculpted frieze (band of sculptures near the roof) depicting Greek Gods and Goddesses, making this a distinctly Greek building. The other elements that make this building very Greek are the columns and the multiple statues of gods and goddesses. The Parthenon was built as a temple to the goddess Athena; the sculptor Phedias was responsible for the massive statue placed in the temple. (Parthenon, 2017) Although it’s initial intention was for religious purposes, the building also served as a treasury for a time.

This essay is to discuss the Greek building The Parthenon and the Roman building The Pantheon as well as the similarities and differences between the Greek and Roman buildings.

From different eras, both ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture have left an impression around the world. Two major works that show a great deal of the culture of the people during the time of their design and construction are the Greek Parthenon built around 432 B.C. in Athens and the Roman Pantheon built around 125 C.E. in Italy. There are many similarities and differences between the Greek Parthenon and the Roman Pantheon.

Greek and Roman temples are the most influential temples of all times. It is argued that the Greek influenced the Romans and this may be the reason why their temples are so alike. The Parthenon and the Pantheon are the most popular temples of both eras. However, the Pantheon does not look like other roman temples would to Greek temples – and this is because it has interior space and thus has a completely different composition. Despite their quite similar looks, Roman and Greek temples have unique differences in material, method, purpose, and others.

First and foremost, the Parthenon in Athens is a precursor of Doric temples, built in the 5th century BCE. As The British Museum (n.d.) indicated, it “had a number of refined architectural features that made it special such as gently curving columns and base”(p.4), which the

The Parthenon was an Athenian temple while the Pantheon was a Roman temple in Italy, the former used to be for adoration of the goddess Athena in the Athenian Acropolis while the latter was used for adoration of all the gods in Ancient Rome. The Parthenon was built by Iktinos and Kalikrates and the Pantheon by Publius Aelius Hadrianus, currently the Pantheon is a Roman Catholic Church and the Parthenon is a Museum.

This week, the class talked about some of the defining characteristics of ancient architecture in Greece and Rome. We dove deeper into two buildings in particular. These two buildings were the Pantheon and the Parthenon. Both buildings were used to symbolize strength. The only difference, other than the obvious architectural differences, is that the two buildings embodied two different types of strengths that will be discussed later in the paper.

A temple is “an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.” (Dictionary.com, 2017). They date as far back as 6th century and can be found around the globe today. Greek and Roman architecture are known for their detail, design, and beautiful history. Over the years these architectural particulars have been borrowed into modern designs. Some modern buildings that have use these design details, include places of worships. The Parthenon and the Pantheon are both temples that have many similarities and differences, but come from two different nations.

The Parthenon has 46 columns on its exterior and 23 total inner columns. It’s large foundations were made of limestone and its columns were made of Pentelic marble. These columns are 34 feet tall and it was one of the first times this type of marble was used. The Parthenon has a floor plan that is rectangular, a series of low steps on every side and a colonnade of Doric columns. The columns are eight by seventeen and surround the whole structure. All of these features make it a Doric peripteral temple. There is two interior rooms. The larger one, called the naos, housed a cult statue within it. The smaller room, called the opisthodomos, was used as a treasury.