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The Parthenon There are some historians that believe before the Parthenon began, Athens concluded a peace treaty with Persia in 449 BC. The Athenian Empire was at the height of its power when the work on the Parthenon began in 447 BC and continued until 432 BC. The Delian League/Athenian Empire continued to exist even after the reason for its existence ceased to be valid. It is now openly acknowledged that Athens was not just the head of the Greek defense league but an imperial master over other

common name for an extensive collection of the Ancient Greek sculpture which has been on display in the British Museum since the early-1800s. The collection includes 75 meters (247 feet) of the original 160-metre (524-foot) frieze from the Parthenon temple in Athens. The frieze is the highly decorative section above the columns in classical Greek architecture. The collection is controversial because of its namesake the seventh Earl of Elgin removed the treasures from Greece with the permission of

Paso High’s vestibule connects each structure at a rectangular ‘L’ shaped 45-degree angle. Although the Pantheon utilizes it’s vestibules by connecting the dome to the portico. On the frieze of El Paso High School the name of the high school is inscribed in a similar fashion as the inscription on the Pantheon’s frieze. The inscription reads, “M. AGRIPPA L. F. COS. TERTIUM. FECIT," translating to, "Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, Consul for the third time, built this." Hadrian, of course, had added this

On the Ides of March one of the most famous assassinations took place; the assassination of the leader of the Roman republic, Julius Caesar. The death of Julius Caesar allowed Gaius Julius Octavius who would later be given the title Augustus by the senate, to enter the political realm of Rome by accepting his inherited power. But before Augustus could gain any control in Rome he had to defeat his opposition, Mark Antony who also sought to gain control of Rome at the time. Augustus managed to defeat

Ionic, and Corinthian. Doric being the oldest and simplest of the three: “The Doric order is characterized by a plain, unadorned column capital and a column that rests directly on the stylobate of the temple without a base…entablature includes a frieze composed of triglyphs and metopes. The columns are fluted and are of sturdy, if not stocky, proportions” (Becker 1). The Doric is best describe as the most understated style with a masculine appearance out of the three orders. Despite the simplest

Tented ceilings and draped walls have been dramatic decorating styles since Charles Percier and Pierre Francois Leonard Fontaine decorated the Chateau de Malmaison for Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais. Napoleon and Josephine were married in 1796 when he was 26 years old. She had two children from her previous marriage and was a 32-year-old widow of a man who had been executed during the Revolution. In 1809, Bonaparte had his and Beauharnais’ marriage annulled in spite of his rampant

idea, and the realty, that Athens was the predominant city state of that period. Religion was much more personally and societally institutionalized. Completely circling the cella , the inner chamber, is the Parthenon frieze. Sculpted of marble in low relief, a majority of the frieze is devoted to a depiction of the great procession held each year on Athena's birthday.[2] This great parade made it's way through Athens and ended at the Parthenon. Animal sacrifices were then made, and then ceremony

The Parthenon and the Pantheon are both amazing and detailed buildings. Although the Parthenon was built in Athens and the Pantheon in Rome, both of these buildings share some similarities, but are also different as well. In this paper I will share how the similarities and differences between Ancient Greece and Rome are seen in these two buildings. The Parthenon was built on the Acropolis of Athens between 447 and 432 BCE. Silverman, (n.d.). The Parthenon is a temple that was dedicated to the goddess

where nudity distinguishes the beardless youth from the bearded man. This example of nudity does not place Khairedemos on a higher or more heroic plane than Lykeas; they both died fighting for Athens. Another example exists on the north and west friezes of the Temple of Athena Nike, where Greeks appear to be fighting other Greeks with no consistent distinction between clothed and nude foes - made more confusing by the occasion of both combatants being nude. There is not always a consistent trend

half-column attached to a wall is called a/an | | Engaged column | 3. | A plain or decorated slab on a Doric frieze which alternates with the triglyphs is called the | | Metopes | 4. | A series or row of columns usually spanned by lintels is called a/an: | | Colonnade | 5. | A three-grooved panel on a Doric frieze that alternates with metopes is called what? | | Triglyph | 6. | Archaic Smile | | The Calf Bearer sculpture