Peristyle

A COMPARISON OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE Ancient Greek architecture dates from around 800 BCE when the site of Delphi first obtained a religious significance. The architecture of Ancient Greece has influenced the architecture of the past two millennia most significantly that of Ancient Rome (Hemingway, 2003). Greek architecture influenced Roman architecture in extensive ways, giving that the Romans adopted and incorporated many Greek methods and elements into their own practice

an historian to recontruct the archtitecture of the triclinium. An example of the recreation of dining couches in the famous Villa of the Mysteries shows how guest and host beds permitted a view out the main doorway and in this case also into a peristyle at right while the less important diners could only see the opulent wall paintings that decorated Roman triclinia. Digital reconstruction of the triclinium of the Villa of the Mysteries has improved historians, scholars and students' understanding

you were good you got to go to Elysian Fields. ("The Classical Tradition : Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature.") Just like street names have been influenced so have different arts and the motif of Greek ancestry. It is shown in the Peristyle, Popp Bandstand and Popp Fountain in City Park. ("What's New in New Orleans." New Orleans Tourism and Travel

Greek influenced Ionic façade that includes towering Ionic columns and volutes. This clear delineation between the Greek and Etruscan influence is Roman elemental juxtaposition. Additionally, the temple exhibits a ground plan that melds a Greek peristyle and an Etruscan close-wall construction. The walls were expanded to the edge of the building and engaged columns were placed on the outside to give the appearance of a Greek colonnade. This combination allowed the Romans to indulge both Etruscan

The focal point of the Acropolis, ment to be seen from anywhere in the city and remind you the glory of Athens is strategically placed near the center along the southern wall of the Acropolis. The architects Iktinos and Callicrates made the structure to house the Athena Parthenos made by Pheidias from gold and ivory that was recorded as being twelve meters or thirty nine feet tall. The Parthenon is a post and lintel temple, built with a octastyle facade and Doric colonnades. It has seventeen Doric

AS 91202. Demonstrate understanding of a significant event in the classical world. In 79 AD the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano which means its eruptions typically involve explosive eruptions as well as a pyroclastic flow. When the volcano erupted it launched tonnes of molten ash and pumice into the atmosphere which then fell on the towns burying them and the people inside them under about five metres of ash.

Ancient Rome achieved many great accomplishments that have influenced numerous cultures. In this assignment we will examine the cultural influence of the Roman development of the arch, a supporting structure in building construction that could carry a lot of weight. An arch is a curved structure that is usually made of stone, brick, concrete, or, more recently, steel. Its purpose is to support or strengthen a building. Most arches consist of wedge-shaped blocks. The Romans did not invent the

The Alexander Mosaic is a Roman floor mosaic that dates from c. 100 B.C. It is discovered in the city of Pompeii which was preserved in ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It was found in the House of Faun, named after the bronze statue of a faun found there. It is thought to be possibly based on a wall painting done in 315 B.C.E., Hellenistic Period by a Greek artist named Philoxenos of Eretria because it matches a description of the painting written by Pliny. The mosaic is approximately 2

INSERT FOOTNOTE. Lastly, the construction of the houses, villas, and temples, resembled those described in literary sources. For example, the villa of the heroine, Cassia, accurately reflects her family’s wealth by the design of the interior. The peristyle was extravagant, filled with lush greenery and ornately decorated columns.

As a child I have always been fascinated with the history and influence of Greece. When I first learned about the Olympics and how it derived from ancient Greek times, I couldn’t believe that these types of sports were still being played in today’s society. When the move 300 first came out in 2006, it just motivated me to learn more and more about the conflict during those times. Even during my eighth-grade western civics class when we discussed the structure of the United States government and democracy