EUH 1000

  Art of the Classical Greeks and the Persian Empire

 THE PERSIAN EMPIRE: Architecture

 

The amazing Royal Road, built by Darius connecting the Persian Empire

 

 

The Palace of Darius at Susa, capital of the Persian Empire

 

 

The city that lays on ancient Susa today, in Iran

 

 

The rock tomb of Emperor Darius in Persia (modern Iran)

 

 

 

The Rock of Behistun in Iran- how we learned to read Cuneiform writing

 

 


 

Greek art of the Golden Age

 

 

Early Greek sculpture, the Kouros

 

 

Golden Age sculpture by Myron, the Discus Thrower

 

 

Another Golden Age sculpture, the Statue of Zeus of Artemisia

 

 

Cast of Bronze, this is the momument to Leonidis, who led the 300 against Persia

 

 

Hermes of Olympia- he has a child and a cloth in his arm, noted for outstanding detail

 

 

The most admired face of all Classical sculpture, the Apollo of the Belvedere

 

 

 

Greek ideal of feminine beauty, the Venus de Milo, a famous Golden Age sculpture

 

 

ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS

 

A detail of a Doric column

 

 

A detail of an Ionic column

 

 

A detail of a Corinthian column

 

 

Sparta's remains. We don't know what it exactly looked like but we know it was probably bland and rugged

 

 

The Temple of Apollo at Corinth

 

 

Theater of Dionysus at Athens, where votes were tallied and dramas were performed

 

 

The great Temple of Poseidon at Sounion, welcome point for Greeks coming home and foreigners coming to visit

 

 

The Acropolis of Athens, cultural center, crown jewel of the city and of all of Greece

 

 

Close up of the Parthenon, one of the world's most famous buildings

 

 

The 3rd Wonder of the World, the huge statue of Zeus at Olympia, site of the games

 

 

What Olympia used to look like

 

 

Famous gate of Olympia, where the games would begin with the torch coming through and into the arena area

 

 

The 4th Wonder of the World, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Ionia

 

 

The Temple of Apollo at Delphi, home of the famous Oracle of Delphi and the most sacred place in Greece

 

 

The Grand Theater of Epidarus, the best preserved of all Classical theaters

 

 

The 6th Wonder: the Colossus of Rhodes in the Greek islands

 

 

Plan your honeymoon to Athens and you can impress your new bride by eating here... oh wait you just got married,

I guess you don't really need to impress her anymore- don't worry, Athens has McDonalds too!

 

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