Greek Architecture - HSTARC1

If you want a fine tuning of art and structures, the use of marbles, copper and terracotta, detailed statues and a great city full of buildings for competition and temples for gods, then this part of the history of architecture is worth a look at. The “Greek” architecture is just about what has been said earlier, or so, even better. The architecture of their time was fine, elegant and detail to look at, so as the pictures have shown us or the remake and design of what it used to look like. Most of the structures built in this time didn’t last up to our present time. Most of already fell to ruins, not because of attacks, but because of the time and longevity of its existence. However, there are still the statues and artifacts that show us the beauty of their culture and the way of their living. Just like the people who like to read about Greeks, I too am a great fan of the Greek mythology. The gods and the stories behind each of them, it really is fantastic and exciting to know about. Maybe that’s why I took a liking to this particular part of the history of architecture. Foremost, I like the styles of the pillars used by the Greeks. If you can see most of their buildings and structures would be place with this pillars as support for the roof or just a pathway inside the building. It is like very Greek like whenever I see pillars and buildings built in harmony. Of course, I liked the idea of the styles they used to it. There is the doric, ionic and corinthian styles for each. The doric seemed to be too plain while the corinthian seemed to be too elegant and full of design. That’s why I liked the ionic best among the three, not too simple nor extravagant too look at. Just simply Greek architecture defined. The temples are also great and artistic to look at, I wanted to know more about it because I also want to incorporate and know if the design has relevance to the gods themselves or the stories behind each one of them. Another thing that caught my attention was the marble they used for the statues and art. It is a very ingenious idea that one can see the fine details when they used it. Overall, there are a lot of famous buildings and architectural design that the Greek have shown, it is too bad that in our present time we cannot see them anymore at their finest. But still, all of it, its magnificent. It worth the time and effort to look into.