Region: Greece and its Mediterranean coloniesPeriod: Seventh century to first century BCECharacteristics:Trabeated systemOrdersPeristasisIsolated templeProportionSculpture The Parthenon in Athens represents the apotheosis of what is generally identified as the Classical Age, the period during the fifth and fourth centuries BCE in which culture, learning and democratic politics coalesced to inaugurate Western civilization. Under the direction of the great statesman and military commander Pericles, the...

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