Greek Architecture Vs Hellenistic Architecture
Alexander the Great was the King of Macedonia from 336 B.C to 323 B.C, during this period he conquered the Persian Empire, spread the Greek culture and language throughout Asia Minor, Egypt and Macedonia to India (Fiero 136). The Hellenistic period started with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C and ended in 31 B.C, in this time the Greeks were dominant throughout the Mediterranean, which is why it receives the name of Hellenistic, because is derived from the Greek “Hellas” which means Greece (Goodman). The religion of the Greeks started in the second millennium B.C the Greeks believed not only in one true god but in many of them. When the Hellenistic period started, the religion was similar to the religion in the classical period
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The monuments they built were used to serve the living people, not the dead. The temples were the most common form of architecture, but they were used for worship gods and politics, there existed two different types of architecture in the Ancient Greece; The Doric order, and The Ionic order, these two orders were the most common type of architecture used in the Ancient Greece. The Doric columns were the simplest, having the capitol which is the top or crown, they are circular with a square on top, but they do not contain a base. The Doric was very simple yet powerful architecture. The Parthenon is a good example of simple Doric architecture. On the other hand, Ionic shafts were a lot taller than the ones the Doric had. They were slender and they also contained flutes that were carved into the top all the way to the bottom of the column, they also contained a unique characteristic which is the entasis and that made a bulge in the column that gave the straight look of these columns even from a distance. This Ionic style was a little more decorative than the Doric’s simplicity. The Erechtheum is an example of Ionic architecture. After Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire the architecture of the ancient Greece started to spread out all over West Asia and even into India. Hellenistic period begins after the classical period which the architecture was derived from ancient Greece as well as ancient Rome form the fall of the Roman Empire, the architecture of the Roman Empire was ceased and changed except for the Byzantine Empire whose architecture changed into its own distinct style of architecture over time. They no longer followed the systematic order of the classical era. Many of these new styles were implemented in the Hellenistic period in the building of temples, public
The monuments they built were used to serve the living people, not the dead. The temples were the most common form of architecture, but they were used for worship gods and politics, there existed two different types of architecture in the Ancient Greece; The Doric order, and The Ionic order, these two orders were the most common type of architecture used in the Ancient Greece. The Doric columns were the simplest, having the capitol which is the top or crown, they are circular with a square on top, but they do not contain a base. The Doric was very simple yet powerful architecture. The Parthenon is a good example of simple Doric architecture. On the other hand, Ionic shafts were a lot taller than the ones the Doric had. They were slender and they also contained flutes that were carved into the top all the way to the bottom of the column, they also contained a unique characteristic which is the entasis and that made a bulge in the column that gave the straight look of these columns even from a distance. This Ionic style was a little more decorative than the Doric’s simplicity. The Erechtheum is an example of Ionic architecture. After Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire the architecture of the ancient Greece started to spread out all over West Asia and even into India. Hellenistic period begins after the classical period which the architecture was derived from ancient Greece as well as ancient Rome form the fall of the Roman Empire, the architecture of the Roman Empire was ceased and changed except for the Byzantine Empire whose architecture changed into its own distinct style of architecture over time. They no longer followed the systematic order of the classical era. Many of these new styles were implemented in the Hellenistic period in the building of temples, public