I was astonished recently when watching a program on an American television channel about how well the Parthenon was constructed. They understood so many things to construct the perfect temple. What’s more is they did it without a plan and in 9 years. The current renovation which the program covers has taken at least 30 because they had to correct previous fixes which were done incorrectly. They also had to figure out how they built it in the first place because there is very little records bar other temples.
Each piece of the temple is unique so it’s like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Each piece can only fit in one place. Slotting it all together is a big task for anyone to complete. The team decided to put the temple back into order as it stands without trying to restore it to a previous era as that would destroy its beauty and make it look unbalanced.
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Best wishes
Angela
Happy that you have found an interesting subject to study and write about. So much to learn and useful in our daily life.
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Thankyou for your comment but this has been an interest of mine for a long time. There certainly is a lot to learn and use to apply to modern life.
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I fully agree. Also one of my favourite subjects long ago, when studied classical literature and history of literature.
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Have you been to Greece?
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Yes many times and also to the Greece islands, Rhodos, Kos, And Krete ,Visited Delphi and other antique places. I also composed the music for the opening of the new Athen museum.
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Cool that’s super awesome. How did you manage to get that job?
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https://vimeo.com/user12340375
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We owe a lot to Greeks! Thank you for your post
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We certainly do! Thankyou for reading.
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No need to thank me. I love ancient greeks and Greece ❤
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I was fascinated when I learned that the columns of the Parthenon were larger at the top than at the bottom, however, standing before them their appear completely straight from bottom to top because their variation exactly offsets the effect of our distance perspective. This gave the temple an otherworldly feeling, as though you stood in a celestial dimension instead of the ordinary world. Reflecting on how long ago was the Age of Pericles (461 to 429 B.C.), I am most impressed. Perspective in painting was not used until Masaccio in the early fifteenth century.
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One of the many amazing things I learnt also while watching as when you go to the museum it’s not quite the same as actually visiting on the hill.
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Places have then own personalities, especially sacred places. Nothing like being there. I have never been there and can only guess what it would be like. As the Parthenon was built to house the now lost Athena Parthenos chryselephantine statue I used to wonder what this statue would have looked like. I made up my own idea and was disappointed when I found many copies existed. I liked my version better, all flowing hair and firey eyes, not stately and stiff like the real one.
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I liked the version they created for the tv show. Do you study classics or Greece at all?
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