The Parthenon and Gould Memorial Library

Even though the sumptuous Age of Greece only lasted 50 years, its effects displace hush be unspecificly seen plane today. Since Greece was the birthplace of democracy and we ar a democratic nation, galore(postnominal) of our government buildings draw inlet from classic architecture. The Greeks believed that man is the prevention of all and in their device and architecture they constantly seek to achieve perfect balance, proportion, and unity.\nThe Parthenon was the largest tabernacle of the Acropolis in Athens. The Acropolis or game city was an elevated flutter supporting several synagogues, precincts, and some other buildings. It used to be a citadel during the Mycenaean period. The temple was designed by the architects Iktinos and Kallikrates and was constructed from 448 B.C. to 432 B.C. The Greek general, Perikles, initiated the architectural projects and vast construct campaign to celebrate Athenian art and civilization which include the Parthenon, the Nike Temple , The Erechtheum, and The Propylaea. The Parthenon was built using the doric order, however it has two dome features included which expressed the Athenians concern in harmonizing the architecture of einsteinium and western Greece.\nThe first dome feature in The Parthenon is the quartet Ionic mainstays intimate of the exchequer; the second feature is a continuous Ionic frieze just about the top of the outside of the inside wall. The Temple is for genus Athene and the easterly pediment tells the tale of the birth of genus Athene which is utterly beautiful. The western pediment shows Athena contesting Poseidon for patronage of Athens. The Parthenon is of Doric Order, we can see this quite advantageously in many features such as the columns which be wide with no bases and knit stitch column capitals. Atop the capitals are plain architraves which support the frieze which has metopes and triglyphs which are scoopful to the Doric Order. Finally at the very top are the two pedi ments on the east and west ends that told stories of Athena.\nGould Memorial L...