Comparing the Parthenon to the Salisbury

Comparing the Parthenon to the Salisbury

Introduction

There was a period of huge development of architecture, literature, art and political institutions, in the beginning of Common Era and the end of Before the Common Era. The humanity exactly at that time received architecture masterpieces and symbols of Greek and Anglican art - the Parthenon and the Salisbury. Parthenon was built in the Athenian Acropolis in the 5th century BCE. The Parthenon “is probably the most celebrated of all Greek temples” (Barletta, 2003, p. 67). According to Barletta (2003), the Parthenon was being built in 447/6-438/7 BCE, architecturally as a Doric peripteral temple of the Greek goddess Athena and used, like most Greek temples, as treasury.

Salisbury cathedral is formally known as the cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was built in 38 years from 1220 to 1258. In an age of scarcity, Salisbury cathedral was built when the commemoration of God by the creation of great buildings and required enormous resources and hence real sacrifices.

Discussion

The Parthenon has been built on three marble stages and is further combined in its architecture three types of columns have been used during the construction of public places/templates, Ionic, Doric and Corinthian. In total, Parthenon had 19 interior columns and 46 exterior columns (Barletta, 2003, p. 67). The base of the roof was made with marble and wood covering. The Parthenon's decorative sculpture was “provided with more sculptures than any template before or after” (Barletta, 2003, p. 67). The Parthenon has been considered as one of the best Greek art and includes different parts: frieze, pedimeter, metopes and Athena.

If we look at the Parthenon as a whole, it greatly variate from the norms. It has extremely interesting foundations as a proof which further suggests that Parthenon was one of the first earthquake ...