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The Greek Temple

The Greek cities demonstrated their wealth , power and social status particularly in the temple building . I think these structures say a lot about their style , taste and status . These remnants are the only remaining witnesses of the great and colorful culture and history behind Greece 's generations

In some of the movies , we see about Greece , we can distinguish right away where the location is because of the architectural styles Buildings are easily recognizable because of its unique fazade . Their

br intricate designs are everywhere , marketplace , temples , government offices , public and national sanctuaries and so on

Along with this fazade , we will notice that these movies do not only exhibit Greece 's breath-taking site but also actors citing more than once the name of their gods . One more noticeable thing is that the name of the rulers who once held Greece , were the next frequently mentioned names

Most of the times , when we read fiction books about Greece it is centered in religion , war , politics or the combination of those . The reason for this is that communities , societies , religion and politics play a very vital role in Greek culture . The structures tell so many of these too

During the early periods of Greece , places of worship like altars and temples were made solely for the purpose of veneration for the gods . One temple , built more like a house , contains one altar enclosing one representation of a god . The only difference these houses have from the ordinary mortal house is that the house for the gods has an elongated arrangement

Since the Greeks visited Egypt , the structures in Greece slowly accommodated and copied some of the Egyptian styles in their architectural designs . The first noticeable change was the replacement of stone pillars into wooden ones . This provided an opportunity for the expression of proportion and pattern , an expression that eventually took the form of the evolution of the stone s ' of architecture

The Doric was invented later on . Its parts - the simple , baseless columns , the spreading capitals , and the alternating vertically ridged and plain blocks , wall painting above the columns - constitute and aesthetic development in stone integrating variants on themes used functionally in earlier wood and brick construction

The Ionic evolved later in Greece . The first style appeared in stone columns with capitals elaborately carved in floral hoops . As history would say it , this pattern was to be the determining factor in the full development of the Ionic

In my own point of view , the reason for the gradual and continuous shift in structures is the rulers ' demonstration of power and wealth Most of the temples were in Doric with a tinge of Ionic style in them They relied more on painted limestones since marble was not readily available . To carry the weight of the massive structure , the outer columns were not freestanding but were half columns engaged against a continuous solid wall . Possibly , architectures of that time thought it was...