Art
The artwork got more realistic and proportional. They valued the image of the body. The statues are the ideal body of a person. They were fit and muscular. They resemble our artwork that we do today. Our statues that we have today resemble the ones that the people of ancient Greece made. For example our trophies today have a realistic person on them today. Also the monuments that we have of Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln and other famous people resemble the statues that the Greek people made.
Architecture
Doric
sturdy and plain |
Ionic
thinner with design on top |
Corinthian
very decorative and fancy |
The architecture that the ancient Greek people used shows up in today's live. Some of the houses or building of today's time period. For example the white house has pillars that are ionic in the front of it. They also have Ionic pillars in the chamber of commerce buildings.
history
Herodotus and Thucydides are two guys that changed the way we see history.. This is the first time that the historians were not biased. They also looked at multiple perspectives. They realized the other person's side and analyzed their points, even though they did not agree with them. Also this is the first time historians used evidence to determine things. Historians today follow in these guy's footsteps by doing the same thing they do. They have to be unbiased and they have to look at both sides of the arguments. Today historians make their statements based off evidence. That all comes from ancient Greeks.
Philosophy
Socrates- All the knowledge was inside the person. You were wise when you knew yourself. He asked lots of question like why and how.
Plato- Plato discovered the basic theory of knowledge. He used reason, spirit, and desire. He also came up with the laws. He believed that life is about how to find a better life after life. he believed in religion. Plato also developed the republic.
Aristotle- Aristotle believed in ethnics. He also believed that your friends describe your personality. He developed some of the ideas we teach into today's physics, Unlike Plato he believed that your place was in this world, not the world after life.
Today in our life a lot of our quotes come from these first philosophers. Today in our life historians ask the questions why. Also today our friends still effect our personality. Historians today use reasons to determine what is evidence and what is not.
Plato- Plato discovered the basic theory of knowledge. He used reason, spirit, and desire. He also came up with the laws. He believed that life is about how to find a better life after life. he believed in religion. Plato also developed the republic.
Aristotle- Aristotle believed in ethnics. He also believed that your friends describe your personality. He developed some of the ideas we teach into today's physics, Unlike Plato he believed that your place was in this world, not the world after life.
Today in our life a lot of our quotes come from these first philosophers. Today in our life historians ask the questions why. Also today our friends still effect our personality. Historians today use reasons to determine what is evidence and what is not.
Science
Archimedes Principle that we use for physics today is from ancient Greece. We use the law of buoyancy and Archimedes screw. Another thing that our math and physics used today from the Golden Age is Pythagorean Theorem. The Quadratic equation also comes from this time period. Some of our basic principles of geometry are used from The Golden Age. It is a common misconception that people used to thing that the Earth was flat. The Greek people knew that the Earth was round.
Medicine
Hippocrates was the father of medicine. He started believing that the gods and goddesses do not cause sickness and they do not control your heath. He realized that diseases are caused naturally. One way this effects us is that today we know that sickness is caused naturally. If Hippocrates never realized this, we would not be as advanced in medicine as we are today. We would not have the cure to some of the diseases that we have today if he never realized this. Also another way this is present in our lives is the Hippocratic Oath. All doctors have to take this oath before they can become a doctor.
drama
In the Greek theaters the males could act, but everyone can watch. The people in the crowd also participated in the theater. The actors who were acting, they wore platform shoes, masks, and costumes. This was to make them more noticeable and it made them stick out. One thing that carried over to our time period today is the masks. batman wears a mask to keep his identity a secret. The people in Star Wars, like Darth Vader wear a mask. Another example is the masks worn in scary movies, like Scream. The Greek people had two types of plays, Tragedy and Comedy. This carries over in our today life by our drama logo. The logo has 2 masks, one with a sad face and one with a happy face. This is supposed to represent tragedy to comedy.
The Persian War
Classical Greece emerged after this war. Classical Greece is also known as the Golden Age. This war was between Greece and Persia. This lead to the development and people focusing more on art and architecture