CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Pozzolana, Roman Concrete, Mount Pentelicus
5 Jun 2018
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ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Parthenon and Pantheon
Greek and Roman architecture are very different
• Parthenon (greek)
o It is flirting with you
o Perfect proportion, beauty and harmony
• Pantheon (roman)
o Confronts you boldly from the front
o Authority, power and strength
Parthenon
• Pentelic marble
o Radiant quality but difficult to work with
• East pediment
o Decorated with allegorical statements about
Athenian culture over barbarity
• West pediment
• Metopes
pantheon
• Severitas
o Architecture means to confront you
directly like the romans themselves
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