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How Exactly Does Ancient Greek Architecture

Relate to Modern Day Architecture?

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The two buildings with Doric columns that I am using for comparison are the Parthenon (as shown above) and the Lincoln Memorial (as shown below).

The Parthenon is an Ancient Greek Temple located in Athenian Acropolis, Greece. It was constructed and dedicated to the Greek Goddess Athena. Its construction began in 447 BCE and was completed in 438 BCE. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece and of Athenian democracy and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece and considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order. It is made of limestone rock, and white marble. The monument consist of 46 outer pillars and 19 inner pillars. The columns tape on a slight arch as they reach the top of the building giving an impression that they are swollen from tension. They are over 10 meters tall and incline slightly towards the center of the building at the top, while the platform on which they rest bows on a gentle arch that brings the corners 12cm closer to the ground in the middle. The rectangular building measures 101.34 feet wide by 228.1 feet long, roofed with tiles and houses a nearly 40 foot tall statue of the Goddess Athena. The Parthenon epitomizes all the ideas of Greek thoughts during the apogee of the Classical era through artistic means.

The Lincoln Memorial is located in Potomac park, Washington, D.C. It was a monument constructed to honor Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. The construction started in 1914 and was based on a Greek temple with 36 Doric columns. Each column represents one state of the Union at the time of Lincoln's death. It was built with marble from Colorado, and Georgia as well as limestone from Indiana. The Memorial height is 99' tall, each column being 44' tall with a diameter of the base at 7' and 5”. Housed inside is a large 19' tall sculpture of Abraham Lincoln seated in a chair. The architecture replicates a Doric temple.

The height of Doric columns is six or seven times the diameter at the base which gives the Doric columns a shorter, thicker look than Ionic columns. It is suggested that these proportions give the Doric columns a masculine appearance rather than a feminine look as to the Ionic columns because of its slenderness. This sense of masculinity and femininity was often used to determine which type of column would be used for a particular structure. Both the Parthenon and the Lincoln Memorial were constructed for and dedicated to highly important persons of each era. Even though built at completely different times, both of these structures where used as a gathering place for cultural protests and political rallies which altered history forever.

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 * Buildings Being Compared || The Parthenon || The Lincoln Memorial ||
 * Location || On the Acropolis in Greece || Washington DC ||
 * Year Built || 5th Century BCE || 1914-1917 ||
 * Type of Columns || Doric || Doric ||
 * Materials Used to Build || Limestone rock, and white marble. || Colorado Yule Marble ||
 * Purpose for the Building || In Honor of the Goddess Athena || In honor of the 16th President Abraham Lincoln ||