Temple Of The Olympian Zeus And Flavian Amphitheater

The Greeks popularized the importance of beauty in society. Aphrodite’s image became the primary source of inspiration for what beautiful should look like and what was socially accepted in Greek society as beautiful. Aphrodite was a huge influence on the portrayal of women in Ancient Greece, high social status and poor people alike. There were stories of what she looked like from folktales people told and her image was sculpted for all to see. She was, in fact, the most sculpted and pictured god/goddess in all of ancient Greek mythology. “Her eyes were as blue as the summer sky overhead, her skin as fair as the white sea-foam from which she came, and her hair as golden as the yellow rays of the setting sun. When she stepped from the water upon

The Flavian Amphitheater, now known as the Colosseum, is a large amphitheater created in 80 CE by emperors Vespasian and Titus. The amphitheater was a state-of-the-art facility with a floor area (known as the arena) able to handle “elaborate hunts of exotic wild animals such as giraffes and elephants.” (Textbook 265) The arena could also be filled with a large amount of water to stage battles between opposing fleets of ships. The amphitheater was also home to fights between well trained men who were usually warriors captured in battle, forced to fight each other, wounding or killing for the enjoyment of huge crowds of exited spectators. The barbaric and brutal showed the less civilized side of the culture of philosophy. This structure is significant

On the first floor of the Met Museum is the Greek and Roman Art. The Greek and Roman section has hundreds of art work ranging from the Neolithic period to Roman Emperor Constantine. In the Greek and Roman section there is many portraits and sculptures including the statue of Emperor Augustus, the statue of Aphrodite, and the Marble female figure. The sculptures in this section range in different shapes, sizes and colors and are made with a variety of materials. The sculptures depict emperors, Kings, Queens, Gods and Goddesses of the time. Much of the statues in this section are missing key parts such as arms, legs and the head due to the fact that they were damaged before being bought to the museum. The statue in this section that caught my attention the most was the Marble Statue of Aphrodite. This is a statue of Aphrodite, who is the Greek Goddess of love, beauty pleasure and

Throughout the history of art, the human figure has been a great muse to many artists. The female figure has especially rattled up immense conversation and controversy over many decades, allowing for groundbreaking and innovative depictions of the female nude to be soon discovered. Two of the most substantial pieces of the female nude: Aphrodite of Knidos (Figure 1) sculpted by Praxiteles (350-340 B.C.) in the Greek late classical period. This sculpture is a Roman copy of an original in Parian marble standing as a life size depiction of a nude goddess, which has seemingly never been done before (Kleiner 143). And secondly, the Birth of Venus (Figure 2), by Sandro Botticelli (1484-1486), was painted in the Early Italian Renaissance.

Augustus of Primaporta is a marble statue of Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman empire, that was created in the 1st Century C.E. in Imperial Rome. It is freestanding and is made of marble. It shows a man in a “contrapposto pose”, wearing a military outfit and outstretching his right arm to address his troops. On the leg of the statue, there is a cupid figure riding on a dolphin. Lastly, on the breastplate, the statue has figures and messages connecting him to the gods.

Aphrodite is the Olympian Greek Goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus and her Roman equivalent is the Goddess Venus. She is depicted as a beautiful women. Aphrodite was born out of the sea foam and then went on to land on an island. Her parents became Zeus and Dione.

Architecture of the Temple of Olympian Zeus is,a colossal ruined temple in the center of the Greek capital Athens that was dedicated to Zeus, king of the Olympian gods.

The Augustus of primaporta has a smooth quality to it as if it’s a almost perfect form of augustus it was modeled to capture him in his prime or his peak, so i feel that the artist wanted the sculpture to show a dreamy and undamaged version that would live on even when they pass or augustus got older. It was originally made with white marble before it was copied with bronze and due to time as dulled but not enough to throw the sculpture off in fact it adds to the class of it which i think was done

The human anatomy has always been an obsessive part of the Art throughout the ages. Ever since the Venus of Willendorf, nudity has had a method of expressing beauty, necessity, feebleness, and honesty. The Aprhodite of Knidos was one of the first examples of nudity becoming a tool for sensibility; the youthful boy David in a violent and brutal setting juxtaposed with his nudity states the impact of how the bare skin affects the viewer. Both Aphrodite and David were influential for their nudity, but each piece had a different approach and background affecting the expression of the artist and their means to depict the subject’s bare figure. The Aphrodite of Knidos was the first of the two statues to appear during the time of Praxiteles and the Late classical Greek era.

The Statute of Zeus at Olympia was created by the Athenian sculptor Phidias (History.com Staff). This sculptor was completed and placed in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia which was the site of the ancient Olympics in mid-fifth century B.C. The statute depicted a bear-chested God of Thunder seated on a wooden throne. According to History.com (2015), holding up the thrones were two carved sphinxes which were mythical creatures with the head and chest of a woman, body of a lion and wings of a bird. The monument was decorated with gold and ivory. This statute stood at approximately 40 feet tall. The statute was so tall that it was said to almost touch the top of the temple.

Augustus of Primaporta has both Greek ideals of style and symbolic and the Roman artistic conventions by combining traditions. The sculpture added mythological and historical imagery to exaggerate Augustus. Which is to celebrate his accomplishments as well. Using these combinations, the message of Augustus is clear that is an excellent military leader. With the perfect body of a Greek athlete, it also shows a cupid and a dolphin riding on his right leg. Which symbolise great naval victory as the dolphin while the cupid stands as Augustus is descended from the gods.

Aphrodite is the goddess of love. In Rome she also went by the name f Venus. Venus is also a name of one of the planets in our solar system. Aphrodite was famous for her armless statue in Rome. The statues name is Venus de milo. Aphrodite lived in mount Olympus. with the other supreme deities and was married to the homely craftsman-god, Hephaestus. Aphrodite is said to have been born from the foams of the sea. There are many ledges that Aphrodite had an affair with many mortal heroes. Aphrodite is a main part of many Greek mythology books. There is an ancient myth that Jason asked permission of the king or cloches to remove the Golder fence from the grove in which it hung the king was unwilling.There are many other ledges about Aphrodite

has been attached with both Aphrodite and Venus depending on the attributes they used to differentiate her from the other mythological Gods and Goddesses. The Greeks associated Aphrodite with mirrors for the basic reason that the mirror is one of their cultural symbols for beauty and the female gender, befitting Aphrodite’s title of being the Goddess of love (Gaspar, 2015; Schaus, 2014). Overtime, the formation of cults composed of followers from other regions worshipping Aphrodite as an analogue of their old gods began to include her association with the dusk (the moon and moonlight) and dawn, both objects that are symbolized by mirrors in some cultures such as in Mesopotamia and Babylon. These added symbolisms, especially in regards with

They dressed and led her to the abode of the Immortals. Subsequently, Plato imagined that there was an Aphrodite Urania, the goddess of the

Roman architecture followed the heritage of earlier Greek architects. The Romans had respect for the Greek 's architectural traditions, order, and design. The Romans were innovators that had the adaptability to use and improve existing techniques as well as new and existing material to create some of the most famous architectural structures like the temple, triumphal arch, and amphitheater. As time advanced so did the society needs of the Romans and with the support of state funds they were able to create great architectural structures many of which are still present today.