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Greek Architecture
Title: Greek Architecture
Category: Social Sciences / Education
Details: Words: 644 | Pages: 2.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Greek Architecture
Greek influence is visable in everything that we have today. Our laws,
cities and even our system of goverment all come from asppects of greek
civilization, but maybe what we have been influenced the most gy the greeks
is in architecture. Maybe the reason this is, is that it was a new form of
architecture that had little to do with function and everything to do with
looks. Agood example is the Greek temple. They …showed first 75 words of 644 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 644 total…the 16 centurart B.C. The ionic
columns were thinner and mor detailed than the dorian columns. The ionic
columns were supposed to represent femininity and were eventually full
scuptures of woman as columns.
The corinthian columns were introduced in th 14 centuary B.C. These columns
are the mostly decorated of the three columns. The tops of these columns
were sculptures of plants. They had a complicated base with many layers.
the corinthian columns symbolized life.
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