Art and Architecture of Athenians
Theophil freiherr
Ictinus
Prince of Bavaria
Temples
Parthenon- temple of parthenons
Erechtheum-temp;e from the middle classical period of greek
Open air theatres open public markets
Big influenced on art work and potery
Black red ,yellow and white where the main colors they painted there pots
Painting was a big role buildings- ionic, Parthenon, erechtheion were buildings or statues of gods
Money is decadrachma, tetradrachma , Drachma, obol
Art and architecture spread into India
During this period sculptures became more and more naturalistic
Money-increased their money to build more theaters.
Theaters where the main attraction
Geography
With all the mountains around and in Athens it made it hard to fight Athens
Land Greece is made of mostly mountains so it was hard to farm and communicate
The mountains divided the mountains
The Athenians were located near the sea in a region of Greece called Attica
It encouraged Athens to build strong navel fleet
Hot and dry summers
January temp. is 4 degrees
Not much rain so hard too farm
Had olive trees
Grapes
Lignite,petroleum,iron ore,bauxite,lead,zin,nickel,magnesite,marle,salt
23 percent of the land is useful the rest is mountains
Developed silver mines
Used bronze, tin and copper for tools and weapons
Most farmer work alone but during planting the whole family helped out
Manufactures workers specialized in making goods like pottery, armor, clothing
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