Greek Civilization was considered to be the beginning of wester ideas and culture. They were masters of philosophy, science, fine arts, geography, medicine, legal systems and astronomy. The greek civilization was a very mountainous country, surrounded by three seas: Aegean, Mediterranean, and Ionian. The climate is hot summers, and bitter winters. Their main agricultural productions are grain, grapes, olives, and salt. They were the first to use marble in their design, and this is something they are known for, since they used such an abundance of it. The Golden Age came about during this specific era 480-400 BC. The parthenon was built during this time. It is the ancient temple on the Athenian Acropolis which was dedicated to the goddess Athena. The parthenon is the most important building thats still surviving in classical Greece, and is generally considered to be the example of Doric order.
The architecture, and interior designs during this period of time were very remarkable! Although, the greek domestic buildings were far less impressive than the public buildings. The houses were built of mud and brick on a stone foundation, with wooden framework and terra-cotta roof tiles. Similar to modern day homes their rooms were give specific purposes, although some of their rooms were reserved for use by different sexes. The floors of the interiors were plastered and the wealthy painted their floors. The floors also had mosaic techniques on them that were made of pebbles, glass and stone. The interior walls were un-plasetered mud bricks, with plastering as well as painting. Some of the motifs were floral or marine, egg or dart, and greek fret or key. The windows were placed high on the walls and the door frames were made of wood, stone or marble.
There furniture was very unique to this time period. Some important pieces of furniture were thrones, klismos, klines, and diphros. The throno was a formal chair of honor, the klismo was crafter out of wood with splayed legs and a curved back, the diphros was a stool with no arms or back, and the kline was a sofa bed and occasionally used for dining.
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