Acropolis

Many stories come from different places. One great source to find very interesting stories is from Greek Mythology. Greek Mythology has created and made many stories about monsters and creatures, but the most interesting ones involve the Olympian Gods. There are all very famous, but their are 12 Gods that stand out the most. One of them is the Goddess Athena and she is very famous for her different actions. Although Athena is best known for being the goddess of wisdom, she is also known for her act

Ancient Greece was home to two of the most influential cities of their time, Athens and Sparta. Athens was known for its thinkers, art, and architecture while Sparta was the “warrior’s society”. While both cities ended tragically they were successful for an extended amount of time. This could be contributed to their forms of government. In Athens, the power was in the hands of the people in what is now known as a democracy. Sparta went the way of militaristic, pursuing military policy. Another difference

Le Corbusier began working on the master plan of Chandigarh, India, in 1951 (“About Chandigarh”). The city was intended to serve both as the administrative seat of the newly partitioned state of Punjab and as an architectural symbol of Jawaharlal Nehru’s burgeoning democracy, writ in the future-facing language of European modernism.” The country was “about to inherit the cultural role of modernism that the west had lost in fifty years of stupidity and war”. The name of the location of this so-called

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is an independent, scientific research institute located near La Jolla, California. Designed by architect Louis Kahn, the institute began construction in 1962 and finished in 1965. Kahn is regarded as one of America’s most influential modernist architects , as well as one of the master builders of the Twentieth Century. The significance of the Salk Institute is that it promoted the reintroduction of historical architecture into modernism, as well as displaying

Religion’s Architecture Ancient and Medieval Architecture spans from the meaningful Zygurats in Mesopotamia to the elaborate Gothic Churches in France. Architecture has been influenced by many factors like environment, politics, and culture. However, the greater factor that influenced Ancient and Medieval Architecture is religion. Religion, Gods, and the heavens where the key factors in creating Mesopotamian Ziggurats, Egyptian Pyramids, Greek Temples, Christian Basilicas, Islamic Mosques, and

f Hera in Olympia ChenCheng Tao ARCH 1010 Justin Mann Research Topic: How does technology inform the way the Temple of Hera looks? Intro & Thesis Statement: Temple of Hera at Olympia is built for serving the wife of Zeus and the Greek goddess of marriage, Hera. The size of Temple of Hera is not huge, the dimensions of the temple were 18.75 m by 50 m. It is the oldest building in the site of Olympia, it was built about 600 BC, it is one of the oldest temples in Greece. The Temple was destroyed by

these contexts as their accomplishments still have lasting effects on our world today. Along with the great work of these philosophers, came other great works in architecture and drama. Beginning in 448 B.C. Pericles began the construction of the Acropolis,

appropriated by the recently moved from the Bank of Delian league, the Parthenon stood as political statement of democracy in addition to its religious function. Geographically located at the highest point of the city and within proximity of the acropolis, Athenians and visitors would be able to witness the grandeur of Athenian wealth during their height of power. Being a cultural center for art and the leaders of the other Greek City-States during the war, the Athenian claim to being the most quintessential

Beliefs relating to Gods or spirits - The ancient Greeks believed that after you died, your soul would go to a place called the underworld - Polytheistic: • Many gods • Performed specific functions - The believers would have to pray, visit temples and provide offerings to ensure they were seen by the gods. - Afterlife: • Spirit was joined to the underworld - The ancient Greeks believed that gods and goddesses would take care of them when they died. - Within all groups of ancient Greek the afterlife

two reasons that must have made Theseus forget to switch the sails; "[either] his joy at the success of his voyage put every other thought out of his head, or his grief for Ariadne" (126), his dead wife. When his father saw the black sail from the Acropolis, he concludes that Theseus was killed and jumps off a cliff and into the sea. Theseus let his emotions from either situation affect his actions which unfortunately cost his father's life. Theseus possesses another flaw which was gullibility. Theseus