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Name:__________________________________ Block:____________ Golden Age of Athens Columns Pericles used money from the Delian League to beautify Athens. He was able to purchase marble and ivory and pay artisans to build structures that still influence artists today. One architectural advance from Athens is the Greek column. There are three types: Doric: The most basic Ionic: famous for its scrolls Corinthian: Fancy White House Lincoln Memorial Archival Building in DC The Athenian Acropolis: The Parthenon Write the definition of an acropolis: _______________________________________________________ Who is the patron goddess of Athens?________________________________ In Athens, as in other Greek city-states, the ancient Athenians built temples and moments on the Acropolis dedicated to Athena and other ancient Greek gods. In 480 BC, the temples on top of the Acropolis were destroyed by the Persians during the Persian War. They were left in ruins as a war memorial. However by the second half of the fifth century BCE (477-432 BCE), Athens had grown wealthy. Under the leadership of Pericles, citizens agreed to a huge building program and the Parthenon was built The Structure was built by the Greek sculptor Phidias, is a massive 23,000 square feet, is built in the traditional Greek style, and has a massive 30 foot statue of Athena built in gold and ivory. Replicas of the original Athena Parthenos. The statue no longer exists. There is reference to it in Roman, texts, but no architect has ever found the original Classical Art of Athens Greek Artists created art in which they portrayed ideal beauty, not realism. Busts: marble or ivory sculptures of the chest, neck, and face Pericles made by: Cresilas in 430 BC \\ Questions 1. What type of columns does the Archival Building in DC have? ________________________ 2. What type of columns does the White House have? _____________________ 3. What type of columns does the Lincoln Memorial have? _____________________________ 4. What does this tell you about Greek architecture? 5. How does the Parthenon display classical Greek architectural style? 6. Who built the Parthenon and the statue of Athena? 7. What do the materials that were used to create the statue of Athena tell you about how Athenians felt about her? 8. How does the “Discus Thrower” represent classical Greek art? 9. How do all of the examples represent Greek art?
