Chapter 12: Classical Greece
Creating a Video Script
Use the Internet or the library to research modern buildings that show the influence of Greek architecture. Create a video script for a presentation on the influence of Greek architecture on modern buildings.
- Include:
- the location of the modern buildings
- images of the modern and Greek buildings
- comparisons of modern buildings and Greek buildings
Internet Resources
- Greek Architecture: Looking Back, Looking Forward
- A discussion of Greek architecture, with illustrated examples of the “Classical Orders.” From Emory University's “Greek Civilization” series.
- http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/Architecture.html
- Greek Architecture
- University of Colorado site that has dozens of photos showing examples of Greek architectural styles from different periods of ancient Greek history.
- http://harpy.uccs.edu/images/greek/html/grkarch.html
- Greek Revival
- Many examples of the Greek Revival style in public buildings, commercial structures, and homes, on a Boston College Web site.
- http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/greekrev.html
- Architectural Styles in America: Greek Revival (1800–1850)
- Northern Arizona University site that has photos of Greek Revival structures across the United States, including the U.S. Capitol and the Supreme Court Building.
- http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~twp/architecture/greek/