Contributions of Ancient Greece

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Educational Presentation of 03.03 Contributions of Ancient Greece Ancient Greek civilization has been immensely influential to art and architecture of the modern world. Ancient Greek architecture is distinguished by its highly dignified characteristics, both of structure and decoration. There are noticeable similarities of the ancient Greek architecture between the continents. Greek’s architectural influence can be noticed in bridge arches, monuments, bath houses, and buildings, national, offices and houses, worldwide. It is believed that ancient Greek architecture is best known from its temples, many of which are found throughout Greece, mostly as ruins but many considerably intact today. The architecture of ancient Greek was produced from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest existing architectural works dating from around 600 BC. The purpose of the Greek temple was to house a cult statue or emblem. The temple was the primary monument of the gods; therefore the people were not required to worship inside the temple. The most recognizable feature of each temple is its massive columns. The Greeks used three types of columns: the Doric is simplistic, Ionic is more decorative, and Corinthian is the most elaborate style. Listed below are the images and text information of the 10 most famous Greek temples found around the Mediterranean: Temple of Olympian Zeus flickr/caribb Though only a few columns remain of the Temple of Olympia Zeus in Athens it does not take much imagination to realize that this was one gigantic temple. Construction began in the 6th century BC during the rule of the Athenian tyrants, who envisaged building the greatest temple in the ancient world, but it was not completed until the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD some 638 years after the project had begun. Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
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