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Art as a reflection of the society

 

We find columns of several kinds-always engaged. Greek architecture took over the Egyptian stone column and developed in further. .
             We can clearly see how the Egyptian Art influenced the Classical Greek Art. During that time, the Greeks did not live in tranquility but rather in a world of tension and war. To symbolize their power and victory over the Persians, Pericles head of state between 460- 429 B.C., and the Athenians of the Golden Age exerted monumental efforts to completely rebuild the Aropolis, which had been severely damaged during the Persian War. .
             The Parthenon, the symbol of the Golden Age of Greece, was designed by the architects Ictinos, Kallikrates and Karpion. It was the first building to be constructed and was built between 448 and 432 B.C. The Parthenon was built to house a huge gold and ivory (chryselephantine) statue of the goddess Athena, patron of Athens. The Acropolis or city-state was the Greeks' distinctive political formation--a walled town with surrounding villages and countryside, and ideally politically independent of its neighbors. Acropolis was the site of shrines to locally important deities. .
             Just like the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks believed in many deities, practised animal sacrifice, and invoked the gods far more frequently than do most moderns practicess. In intemperate weather or high seas, before battle or after morally doubtful behavior, Greeks grew fearful of the gods. After successfully surviving any of these, they thankfully left gifts or paid for sacrifices at the appropriate temple or shrine. Greek men honored the patron gods of their poleis, their families, or their professions. Greek women invoked favorite gods and goddesses in rituals and celebrations at annual festivals.
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             Greek deities were highly political: they favored those who gave them gifts. Wealthy Greeks spent money on festivals and sacrificed expensive animals to their honor in temple precincts.


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