Hatshepsut Values

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Values Presented In Architecture
Architecture is a way in which powerful and wealthy governments could portray cultural beliefs and values.
The Tomb of Pharaoh Hatshepsut was created in Egypt during New Kingdom from 1473-1458 BCE is a prime example of architecture that reflects a culture. The tomb was ordered to be built by the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. In ancient Egypt it rare that woman would become Pharaoh in her own right. There was no word for a female pharaoh, scribes used a mixture of famine and masculine heliographs which translated to a patchwork of titles such as She His Majesty. Ancient Egyptians believed both that the pharaoh and his royal family were divine as well as believing that the afterlife was eternal. People lived to …show more content…

During Classical Greece the Parthenon was built as temple to the Goddess Athena, as symbol of the state’s wealth and superiority, along with serving as the treasury. The architecture uses a bit of both Doric and Ionic orders. On the outside rim of the temple Doric columns, triglyphs and metopes are used but on the inside of the temple Ionic friezes were used. Both the metopes and friezes were completely filled with painted sculptures depicting the gods, Athenians, and conquered enemies. The themes center on gods or Athenians being victorious over chorus. One of the main stories shown in the Parthenon is the story of the Goddess of Wisdom, Athena being chosen as the patron Goddess of Athens over the Sea God, Poseidon. Poseidon was a war god who offered the people a beautiful but useless saltwater spring while Athena offered an olive tree. The people of Athens choose the olive tree symbolizing their culture valuing peace and prosperity over the chorus of war. The Parthenon also shows the Ancient Greeks value in mathematics and idealized perfection. The columns were carved to bulge slightly as well as tilting inwards, which creates the illusion that the columns were both straighter and taller than they were. Other illusions they used to give the appearance of perfection included arching in the middle just enough to ensure what would not pull and stop the eye from seeing the ends of the steps rise. Ancient Greeks valued their gods, perfection, mathematics, wealth and

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