Ch.3 Ancient Greece

Examples of the pillar styles as shown: 

There were a lot of things going on in the Ancient Greece period.  There many Gods and Goddesses that were worshiped in the area, as a result, the civilians would build shrines and magnificent buildings in order to appease them.  Buildings like the Parthenon are a good example.  These buildings and temples were built with huge columns to create the structure.  The pillars are one of my favorite things about this time period because there are many different kinds, including the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.  These styles of columns differed with the designs at the top.  Each pillar was carved out one at a time and were cut into great detail to look as similar as possible.  The Ancient Greeks would take time and care into building these.  Other factors that I liked about the Ancient Greek time period was the Greek key.  This symbol is designed in many different ways whether the colors or the repetition of pattern.

Examples of Greek Key:

Future examples of the Greek pillars today:


Future example of the Greek key:




Response to Emily and Danas blogs:
I really liked the way both Dana and Emily explained the significance on the pillars.  I also liked how they compared the pillars to what we have in Washington D.C. today. After reading the posts it made me think about how in Greece the pillars were always surrounding or apart of powerful buildings or significant places.  In a way we kind of took the pillars to emphasis places as well like Emily and Dana both said, in Washington D.C.  The white house, the senate, and everything else there has a powerful presence added because of the pillars.  In homes we put the pillars in offices, living rooms and dining rooms to emphasis the space.  Overall, both of their blogs were very interesting to read.