Ionic orders
Q. What is the Parthenon the finest example of?
The Parthenon is regarded as the finest example of Greek architecture.
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- Q. What is the Parthenon the finest example of?
- Q. Why is the Parthenon considered the finest example of Greek architecture?
- Q. Why is the Parthenon considered the most important of Greek temples?
- Q. Where is Parthenon temple and who built it?
- Q. What was the general goal of Greek sculptors?
- Q. What is most popular style of Greek sculptures?
- Q. Who is the famous Greek sculpture?
- Q. What is the example of Greek sculpture?
- Q. What is the oldest known idol?
Q. Why is the Parthenon considered the finest example of Greek architecture?
The Parthenon is considered the finest example of ancient Greek architecture because of its balance and harmony of parts. According to the ancient Greeks’ beliefs, most of their major gods lived on Mount Olympus.
Q. Why is the Parthenon considered the most important of Greek temples?
The Parthenon was the center of religious life in the powerful Greek City-State of Athens, the head of the Delian League. Built in the 5 century B.C., it was a symbol of the power, wealth and elevated culture of Athens. It was the largest and most lavish temple the Greek mainland had ever seen.
Q. Where is Parthenon temple and who built it?
Parthenon, temple that dominates the hill of the Acropolis at Athens. It was built in the mid-5th century bce and dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena Parthenos (“Athena the Virgin”).
Q. What was the general goal of Greek sculptors?
The main goal for Ancient Greek artists was to depict ultimate beauty and harmony.
Q. What is most popular style of Greek sculptures?
A 200 BCE. marble sculpture depicting the Greek goddess Nike, the Winged Victory of Samothrace is considered today as the greatest masterpiece of Hellenistic sculpture. The Louvre displays it currently. It is among the most celebrated original statues in the world.
Q. Who is the famous Greek sculpture?
These six sculptors (Myron, Phidias, Polyclitus, Praxiteles, Scopas, and Lysippus) are among the most famous artists in ancient Greece. Most of their work has been lost except as it survives in Roman and later copies. Art during the Archaic Period was stylized but became more realistic during the Classical Period.
Q. What is the example of Greek sculpture?
It witnessed the creation of the Athens Parthenon (447-422) – universally acknowledged as one of the great masterpieces of Classical Greek sculpture, with its 500-foot frieze, hundreds of reliefs, and the colossal chryselephantine sculpture of Athene, by Phidias – as well as many other celebrated examples of Greek …
Q. What is the oldest known idol?
Shigir Idol
