ARTH 1100 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 - Classical Ideal I
23 Mar 2016
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Lecture 4: 23/09/2015 the classical ideal i. Corinth was one of the oldest and most powerful city-state. The creation of the world involved a battle between the earth gods, the titans, and the sky gods. The sky gods won, who lived on mount olympus. The greeks saw the gods as immortal and endowed with supernatural powers but like the. Egyptians, saw them in human form with human weaknesses and emotions. Sanctuaries were sacred to one or more gods. As more buildings were added, sanctuaries became a palatial home for the gods and one ore more temples. Greek sanctuaries are different from religious complexes of the ancient egyptians (ex. Egyptians dramatized the power of gods by organizing their temples along straight ways. The greeks treated each building and monument as an independent element to be integrated with the natural features of the site.
