Bhatt is a product of two cultures. She sees herself split between culture and language.. Conflicted with who she is. She wants to rewrite history. She reflects herself on her identity. She is not fully Indian not fully English. What happened to the people who lost their land and freedoms. She wants to look at this story. She begins the story Pan of She begins the story Great Pan is In Hindouism many Gods vs Christianity. They roam freely.. The gods can do what they like. The hindu gods are given
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showcasing their different styles and capabilities in structures that still stand from thousands of years ago. This essay will examine the function as well as the style of two of those archaic buildings in both the Parthenon of ancient Athens and the Pantheon of ancient Rome. Furthermore‚ it will put them side by side to compare and contrast the two. From 447-432 BCE during the golden era a great temple was constructed on the Acropolis of Athens‚ the Parthenon (Sakoulas‚ 2002). It’s construction was
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There are few buildings in the world today that have survived the ravages of time so well as the Pantheon in Rome. This is mainly due to superior engineering. The Pantheon has often been copied‚ sometimes equaled but never surpassed‚ it had more architectural innovations than most modern buildings. This makes the Pantheon really extraordinary since it was built around 125 AD under the aegis of the emperor Hadrian. Superior engineering The plan is simple enough: a circular enclosure aside a rectangular
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The pantheon is made up of two principal parts; the porch; which is a highly idealised and more greek interpretation and the circular building which is much more Roman in it’s display. The pantheon follows traditional Roman architecture designed with a portico held up by eight Corinthian columns almost 12m high. The monolithic columns shafts are made of Aswan grey granite contrasted with the white pentelic marble of the capitals.The porch is supported by these Corinthian columns and is made out
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Greece’s Parthenon and Rome’s Pantheon are two iconic temples that exemplify the values of the cultures in which they were built. The Parthenon is a marble building that was built between 447 BC and 432 BC and stands 45 feet high and 228 feet long by 101 feet wide. The Pantheon is made of limestone‚ brick‚ and pumice. Its dome is 142 feet in diameter and 71 feet in height. The height of the section below the dome is also 71 feet. I chose these two temples because I want to improve my knowledge of
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Although structure and utility as the meaning of act of ‘building’‚ architecture has a crucial visual component as well‚ and throughout the centuries‚ buildings have either failed or succeed in terms of either individual or societal aesthetic standards (Zukowsky‚ 2015). In this essay‚ two buildings are selected in similar functions with strong contrast in design and built within 20 years of each other. As for the function‚ museum as an important medium of communication to be analyzed‚ which is primarily
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A Different History By Sujata Bhatt In the poem ’A Different History’ Sujata Bhatt expresses her emotions in many different ways on the sensitive topic on how India became a British colonie. Bhatt starts with talking of the peaceful life as a god living in India with the example of saying "Great Pan is not dead;he simply emigrated to India.Here‚ the gods roam freely‚ " In this phrase Bhatt indirectly states that India is more peaceful for a god of nature (Pan) than it is in Greece which could
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that refer to the Pax Romana. That means the sun will shine all over the empire‚ brining with her the peace to the citizens; and of course‚ Augustus is the main reason. Beneath that there are the gods Apollo and Diana‚ the two main gods in the Roman Pantheon. Augustus as I mentioned is a supporter of the traditional Roman religion‚ so he is the favorite to these gods. Lastly at the bottom part‚ there is Tellus the earth goddess‚ and she is a symbol of fertility. The sculptor was so talented to appear
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their ancient architecture is still in good condition. Architects around the world study these ancient sculptures in attempt to mimic the unique style as seen in many of todays modern buildings. I will be comparing the Greek Parthenon and the Roman Pantheon. The Parthenon in Greece was started in about 447 B.C. up until 432 B.C. It’s structure was that of a temple and part of the Doric order. The layout of the Parthenon was rectangular and was surrounded by Doric columns. The entrance and rear were
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The Parthenon and the Pantheon are two historical pieces of architecture. They both may be separated by time‚ different cultures‚ and locations‚ but they have very much in common. To simply start off‚ the Parthenon was designed as a Greek temple in Doric order with Iconic columns to serve the goddess Athena (p.168). The Pantheon was designed as a Roman temple to worship not one‚ but all Roman god’s. In comparison the Parthenon and the Pantheon were both designed as temples to worship a
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