The Statue Of Zeus At Olympia, Greece

The construction of the Acropolis of Athens wasconstructed under the general Pericles. More than two years of detailed planning went into the Parthenon alone, and the first stone was laid on 28 July 447 BCE, during the Panathenaic festival. Pericles had no limit on how much the Acropolis could cast because he wanted to create a lasting monument which would both honour the goddess Athena (who presided over Athens) and proclaim the glory of the city to the world. Mnesikles, and Iktinos and the sculptor Phidias helped create the designs on the buildings. Hundreds of artisans, metal workers, craftspeople, painters, woodcarvers, and literally thousands of unskilled labourers worked on the Acropolis. Phidias created a gold and ivory statue of Athena

Aphrodite statues were very popular in Greece during the Hellenistic period. The marble Aphrodite of Knidos was the most renowned among the many Greek goddesses. Also written as the Aphrodite of Cnidus, the marble sculpture was created by an Attic sculptor known as Praxiteles during the 4th century BC. Arguably, it is believed to be the earliest major sculpture to show the goddess in the nude. Praxiteles also created another draped version of the marble Aphrodite of Knidos. It is said that the draped version was the first to be sold, while the nude version remained rejected

The sculptures made are known for having a realistic human and movements. In the Parthenon there is a statue of Athena, the greek goddess (World History 136). Athenian made sure that their sculptures were made with great detail. They showed through sculptures that they were great and some of the first ever. The sculptures were considered golden like the age they were made in.

Greek art, especially sculpture, was a common way to explore and reach past the confines of mankind’s natural appearance be it through penises, huge muscles, or generalized unrealistic body standards. Hercules and the Hydra, a sculpture by Mathias Gasteiger, presents an image of masculinity through the expressive posture and form of Hercules once you look past those gleaming bronze pectorals, and into the intricate details of the piece.

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.

kallikrates were the architect of Greece. They built the Parthenon (Iktinos and Kallikrates, east façade of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 447-438 BCE) by using harmonic proportions. This Parthenon was really big and tall. It was one of the Doric order buildings. Inside the cella, we can see there was very huge goddess statue, Athena. The statue was about 40 feet tall (Boardman 299). They were sincerity

In the late 19th century, the Seated Statue of Ramesses II was uncovered in the Temple of Harsaphes, Heracleopolis, by Sir William Flinders Petrie (Horne 1985, 22). Currently, it rests in the Mummies Gallery in the Egyptian section of the Penn Museum. The king sits heroically with his hands resting on his lap and wears the nemes headdress on his head. Made of quartzite sandstone, the statue sits at an impressive height of 226 cm, with a width of 74 cm and length of 149 cm. On his arms, there are faint traces of red and the nemes headdress has touches of blue and yellow. When it was originally crafted, the statue’s colors would have been more prominent than they currently are; there also would have been a false beard inset that has been lost to history.

Many Greek people valued strength and believed that it was the most important virtue of all. According to the article Athens was determined to be the most powerful, so for them to do that they decided to organize campaigns. In these campaigns they decided that building a grand building was the way to go; and in these buildings they would place grand statues. The Parthenon building was filled with statues one of them being of the greek goddess Athena. Athena was made of ivory and covered in gold; she also is depicted as having a spear and a shield in her hand. The sculptor created her this way to show that one of the main virtues was to be strong, and protect the city. The statue of Athena representing strength, was accompanied by a very strong military to protect the great structure

The ruler of Athens, Pericles (495-429 BCE) convinced the Athenians to rebuild the Acropolis instead of leaving it in ruin as a reminder of the price of war. (Sayre 58) From the rebuilding of Acropolis came the Golden Age. Pericles thought that by rebuilding the Acropolis, it could stand as a memorial to the Persian War and to Athena, the patron of the Athenian people. Phidias was a sculptor whom Pericles placed in charge of the sculptural program for the new buildings of Acropolis. Pericles very much wanted Athens to be the leading example for Greece. He was very proud of the men who had fallen in their battles of the Peloponnesian War, even writing a speech for them.

Power is an ideal that many strive for, and few achieve, and there is no more obvious a demonstration of power, than besting someone in a battle. The Altar of Zeus from Pergamon, Turkey exemplifies that power. Created around 175 BCE it used to stand on a platform, surrounded by columns which were no doubt as imposing as the scenes of the sculptures. It is a narration of the gods and goddesses defeat over the giants, and victory in battle is nearly synonymous with power.

The Greek Gods were honored with temples gifts and statues. The most famous is probably the Athena Parthenos (see page 7). It was mode of ivory and gold and was housed in the Parthenon in Athens. The Athena Parthenos was made only by two people and is almost 12 meters (38 feet) high. It took about 9 whole years to complete. The Athena Parthenos held a human sized statue of Nike the Greek god of

One of the most valued pieces of art in the ancient Greek world is that of Athena Parthenos. The original statue was designed and sculpted by Phidias and placed in the parthenon in 438 B.C. The original chryselephantine statue was almost 40ft tall and was made out of ivory with gilded features. The sculpture stands tall, while wearing a tunic, an aegis, and helmet, while holding the god of victory, Nike, in her right hand and holding a spear in her left hand. There have been many replications of this statue, including one created during the Roman Period in the 2nd or 3rd century A.D. sculpted from stone and bronze. Details include a helmet with pegasoi on each side with the remains of a sphinx in the center. Athena’s hair falls in curls down her shoulders and snakes encircle her waist and tie in the

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was believed to have been made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 B.C. in Olympia, Greece. The statue was a massive seated figure towering over 43 feet. The stunning representation of the god Zeus was made from ivory plates and gold panels which covered its wooden framework. The sheer size of the statue was so immense that legend says that if Zeus stood up inside the temple, he would have put his head straight through the roof. The Statue of Zeus cannot be seen today and it has been said that after the destruction during the 5th century A.D. that to date, no copies have been discovered. The Statue of Zeus importance to world history is that it is one of greatest sculptural feats of the ancient world.

The Greeks finished building an exquisite temple to their beloved goddess, Athena in the year 432 BCE. (Sayre 60). The name of this enriched, unique temple was the Parthenon. The Parthenon took the Greeks approximately fifteen years to complete and as Pericles stated, it was built to give gratitude to their goddess Athena for the salvation of their city, Athens and all of Greece in the Persian Wars (Sayre 60). It was also a symbol of their power and superiority among other cultures. It was something the Greeks took great pride in and recognized it to a great extent. The Parthenon was built on the highest point of the city of Athens to look over the precious Greek city. On the exterior walls of the Parthenon there was beautiful artwork that

Phidias’s piece titled Relief of a Falling Warrior (Roman, 2nd Century A.D.) represents a wounded warrior collapses to the ground after being struck from behind in the Trojan War (Google Arts & Culture). The relief sculpture is created in Roman Republic by the famous Greek sculptor Phidias, also known as Pheidias. He was a Greek sculpture, painter, Architect, and is often credited as the main creator of the Classical Greek sculptural design. The Relief of a Falling Warrior statue stood inside the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens. (Art) A series of panels copying figures were found commissioned for Roman buyers, however, the shipment sank in Piraeus, Athens' harbor where they were