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Many aspects of Roman culture were not created in a vacuum, but instead were adapted from elements of other cultures. The local groups in Latium provided the basis for the smaller settlements outside of Rome to flourish. The Etruscans brought architectural influences as they expanded through Southern Italy, and the Romans were no exception to the draw of Greek inspiration. The Romans included foreign elements and innovative construction methods in the forms of their public and private spheres. The

Corinthian-inspired capitals consist of shorthorn cattle, acanthus leaves, and “longhorn” bucrania—a nod to the importance of the cattle industry and its economic impact on Fort Worth. Additional embellishments include bronze medallions incorporated into the entablature, repeated lion's heads on the architrave encircling the building, and ornamental bas-relief panels on the main frontage. Multi-pane metal casement windows puncture the façade. Each corner pavilion includes large doors at ground level and three eight-pane

have drawn from Ancient Rome and its architecture and art. One comparison quite commonly seen is city buildings such as Council buildings, banks, libraries, or post offices. On these buildings, front pillars can be seen along with the decorated entablatures mirroring early Roman temples architecture. This mimicking of some of the most prominently remembered features of Rome is done as a display of power, almost to say, "We are just as strong as Rome was". These major architectural comparisons,

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. The main Neoclassical architectural style building is located on the eastern edge of Central Park in New York City, New York. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. It was founded in 1870 with a mission to collect, preserve, and display works of art. In 1866 a group of Americans gathered at a restaurant to celebrate the Fourth of July. After dinner, John Jay, a prominent lawyer gave a speech proposing

alter that served as an outside subordinate to the main Parthenon temple that practiced votive sacrificing to the goddess Athena, the Altar of Zeus continued with the traditional structural element of the Athenian Parthenon, including columns, entablatures and internal walls, yet at the same time, expanded the depth of the altar and widened the distance between the columns to create a more inviting extent that naturally attracts the observations to the interior décor of the temple, which is a symbolic

Classical Greek Architecture The Ancient Greek population was one of the most powerful civilizations of the world. And the power of the people did not reside particularly in military strength, but more so in the high development of its culture and civilization. The ancient Greeks revealed increased levels of innovation in numerous fields. They for instance focused on sporting activities and other competitions and games; they revered their gods and goddesses and they created new teachings that set

of the Greek columns from their equally largely external buildings. These are the so called classical orders or also known as order of architecture. “A column consists of a shaft together with its base and its capital, supporting a section of an entablature, which constitutes the upper horizontal part of a classical building and is itself composed of (from bottom to top) an architrave, frieze, and cornice” (Britannica, 2014). Nevertheless, Romans went beyond the Greek, by focusing not only on the external

The Tuscaloosa Federal Courthouse was built in 2011 to replace the office styled federal building. This new building mirrors the Greek revival styled widespread in government buildings in the United States. This style was used to match the authority the style has come to represent and was inspired by other Tuscaloosa buildings including the President’s Mansion and the State Capitol. The building is multipurpose by housing multiple courtrooms as well as several other government offices. Its courthouse

Romans decorated their buildings using nature inspired reliefs as used by the Minoan and Mycenaean people in their carvings, where carvings of Mediterranean Sea and land creatures, such as dolphins and birds, littered the walls of their castles and entablatures. The Romans, throughout their civilization, had a variation of buildings, some of which their plans were taken from the different Greek times. The Romans borrowed the temple plans and architectural orders just to manipulate them according to their

There are two wonderful representations of ancient architecture featured through Parthenon in Athens, Greece and Pantheon in Rome, Italy. Pantheon draws many of its elements on the original construction of Parthenon; however, it holds its own with addition of new elements. The buildings have both, similarities and differences and are important representations of cultural heritage and religious and political practices of their times. Parthenon was constructed in Athens, Greece by Pericles, a statesman