MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE PRESENTATION

GREEK CITY STATES

MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE

• The Parthenon of Athens was a temple.
• It was built to advertise the glory of Athens
• The entire foundation was made of limestone
• The columns were made of pentelic marble
• The architects were Iktinos and Kallikrates

MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE

• Statue is Zeus is located in Olympia
• It was created by a sculptor named Phidias
• It took him 12 years to make it (430-422BC)
• It was created in honor of the Greek god Zeus
• The statue was 42 feet tall

MOST MEMORABLE

• The most memorable is the Parthenon
• It was built in 447-432 BC
• It was built as a dedication to Athena
• It was built with 8 columns at the face of the temple
• 17 columns at the flanks of the temple

WHAT'S ITS PURPOSE?

• Its purpose was to show off
• Athens had a lot of power
• It was a temple of the boric order
• It was for glory and dedication
• It was part of the state treasury

AZTEC/INCA

TEMPLO MAYOR

• Human sacrifices happened there
• It was built with volcanic stones
• It was built sometime after 1325
• Spectacular art was added in 1454 AD
• http://goo.gl/dIaCHX - a video

MACHU PICCHU

• It was constructed as a royal estate
• It was used by the emperor and his family
• It was a temporary place to stay
• Wasn't set up for any military purpose
• There was no evidence of any battles

MOST MEMORABLE

• I think the most memorable was the Mach picchu
• It was built in the mid 1400's
• It was built by Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
• It had a moat around it to gather rain water
• It had a wall and a gateway protecting it

CLOSING

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CITES SOURCED

• http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-temples.html
• http://www.historvius.com/templo-mayor-172/
• http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/teno_2/hd_teno_2.htm
• http://www.discover-peru.org/inca-architecture/

CITES SOURCED CONTINUE

• http://www.livescience.com/22869-machu-picchu.html
• http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon.html
• http://www.softschools.com/facts/wonders_of_the_world/statue_of_zeus_at_oly...

The purpose of monumental architecture is three things. The first is that it was built in honor of someone. The second is that it was built to show off power, wealth, or glory. The third is for religious purposes. Monumental architecture is a big part of history. It's things we've learned about. It may have three reasons to be built, but it gave us reasons thousands of years later to learn about it. It's purpose is many reasons, but I think it's main purpose is to go down in history. It had to do with history back then,, and it's still here in history now.