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The legacy of Ancient Greece was the leading foundation that still influenced the world today even centuries later. Philosophy, architecture and sculpture were a few but important contributions that lasted centuries later. We still incorporate the fundamental principle of their culture in our way of thinking and everything around us. There were many intellectual advances in philosophy that we hold onto today. Many want to learn for the sake of learning merely because one is able to. An enlightened

temples where constructed. We will begin with the Parthenon, if only because it was built five hundred fifty seven years prior to the Pantheon. The Parthenon is dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom and military victory. [3] Built as a post and lintel temple, the Parthenon is by no means the largest temple built in ancient Greece, nor the most elaborate. It has however survived mostly intact through nearly twenty five centuries, including

The Romans were a extraordinary power during 509 BC–27 BC. Their government, fighting styles, and armies were exceptional for the time, and even now. Because of all the initiative the Romans took, they were able to reign for a long and prosperous time. Even after their demise, people still follow and respect what they were able to accomplish. Effects on the Western World The Roman’s feats have influenced many aspects of everyday life in the Western world. Due to the success, livelihood, and dedication

temple to the Goddess Athena (Pantheon vs Parthenon, n.d.) It was built by Iktinos and Kalikrates and commissioned by the great Athenian statesman, Perikles (What was the…n.d.). It is now currently a museum. The Parthenon is of the style of the post and lintel architectural system. It is a Doric peripteral temple. It is in the form of a rectangle with a row of columns on all sides. The columns are of the Doric order. The building sits atop a flat platform with three steps. It had two interior chambers

ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE Luxor Temple and Saint Peter’s Basilica   I. OVERVIEW The two pieces of art that I have chosen to compare are The Luxor Temple located in Luxor, Egypt and Saint Peter’s Basilica located within Vatican City of Rome, Italy. The ancient design has fostered some of its styles and characteristics into future generations, and also upheld the mysteries of phenomenal architecture over the centuries. I believe the Luxor Temple and Saint Peter’s Basilica are good pieces for comparison

path called the Avenue. At the center of the circle is a stone setting consisting of a horseshoe of tall uprights of sarsen (Tertiary sandstone) encircled by a ring of tall sarsen uprights, all originally capped by horizontal sarsen stones in a post-and-lintel arrangement. Within the sarsen stone circle were also configurations of smaller and lighter bluestones (igneous rock of diabase, rhyolite, and volcanic ash), but most of these bluestones have disappeared. Additional stones include the Altar Stone

The concept of the “West” began after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire declined for its division between the Eastern, and the Western Rome which occurred in 285 A.D. After the fall of Rome, the literature, its art, history, and technology were scattered and was lost near the western part of the empire. This scattering of lost history made the formation of a new West Empire. Christianity and Roman Catholicism played a dominant role in the shaping of the Western. There are three major

Many often lump Greek and Roman culture into one movement. The Greeks were an influence on the Roman Empire in everything from their art, architecture, and mathematics to their political structure. Though they are separated by over 500 years, the building of the Parthenon and Pantheon were each hugely significant architectural strides for each culture. Each has their similarities, as well as differences. On a whole, they set the way for the architects of the future with their vision. The Pantheon

techniques and tools of Greece were very undeveloped; the Romans developed these crafts to their greatest aptitude and eventually creating their own techniques and tools. The Greeks generally used the same style for all their buildings called the post and lintel system, two upright pieces supporting a third piece laid horizontally across the top. The Romans developed a new technique called a vault, stones are cut so they form an arch and made a roof. Other ancient cultures did use vaults, but when the

I. Introduction. History of human is a long and mysterious journey to contemporary people to understand fully about it. However, it can be described briefly that “historical mankind has been mesmerized by the narrative of progress and civilization as codified by the first great agrarian kingdoms” (Scott 2011, p.2). By replacing hunters-gatherers and nomadic lifestyles with society of agriculture, people witnessed the flourish of many early civilizations in Europe, Asia such as Mesopotamian civilization