... resulted in a structure that is worthy of praise, otherwise the Parthenon would not have served Pericles" purpose as a stunning testimony to Athens" cultural excellence and increasing power. The temple is marble throughout and has a unique amount of architectural sculpture - all of its external metopes were carved and the frieze ran around the entire outer wall of the cella. The skill with ... a box as it didn't even conform to a strict cuboidal form. The so-called "lid" was in fact the key to the temple's structural solidity, and was tiled in expensive Parian marble. It is clear that t...

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... resulted in a structure that is worthy of praise, otherwise the Parthenon would not have served Pericles" purpose as a stunning testimony to Athens" cultural excellence and increasing power. The temple is marble throughout and has a unique amount of architectural sculpture - all of its external metopes were carved and the frieze ran around the entire outer wall of the cella. The skill with ... a box as it didn't even conform to a strict cuboidal form. The so-called "lid" was in fact the key to the temple's structural solidity, and was tiled in expensive Parian marble. It is clear that t...

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... time (540BC). This was of great magnitude and appeared extremely robust. From the early fifth century BC the use of marble, as a building material, was introduced; the Parthenon's beauty derives from the shine and texture which is created from the use of marble. The Parthenon was built to enshrine the statue of Deity, to whom it was dedicated. From the Sanctuary the ... ...

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... Greek architectural style as decoration, they took liberties with it, and transformed many aspects of column, arch and pediment use immensely. The basic building material of the Greek civilization was MARBLE, a strong stone that could be shaped to give great precision of line and detail. Th Romans introduced concrete. Concrete was important to the Romans because it allowed them to build ... ...

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