Verstehen · Kapitel 14
Art & Architecture
From the three orders of columns to Byzantine gold mosaics to the white Cycladic architecture — Greece has shaped European aesthetics more than any other country.
6 Abschnitte in diesem Kapitel
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Ancient Architecture — the three orders of columns
Greek architecture has fundamentally influenced Western architecture to such an extent that its forms are still omnipre…
~2 Min. Lesezeit
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Byzantine Art
For over a thousand years, the Byzantine Empire produced a distinct art tradition that fused antiquity and Christianity…
~2 Min. Lesezeit
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Cycladic Architecture — why white and blue?
The white-blue houses of the Cyclades — Santorini, Mykonos, Paros — have become the epitome of Greece. But why do they…
~2 Min. Lesezeit
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Neoclassicism
After independence in 1829, Greece was rebuilt by European architects in the neoclassical style — ironically, the Bavar…
~1 Min. Lesezeit
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Music — Rembetiko, Bouzouki & Modern
Greek music is as diverse as the country itself — from the oriental sounds of Rembetiko to folk Dimotika to modern pop…
~2 Min. Lesezeit
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Literature — from Homer to Kazantzakis
Greek literature has shaped Western civilization as deeply as no other — from Homer's epics to Attic tragedy to two Nob…
~2 Min. Lesezeit
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