Monumental Art Of The Persian Empire And Greeks In Ancient History

MONUMENTAL ART OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE AND GREEKS IN ANCIENT HISTORY
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Introduction
Ancient history has provided the present world with a lot of amazing structures and sites to behold. The architectural and engineering designs behind these structures are mindboggling, and there is quite a serious attempt at showing the intelligence of ancient man, right from an early age. Looking at the artistic pieces also communicates a lot to do with the religious nature of the builders, as well as the rules who commissioned the construction of such. Embarking on such enormous engineering undertakings for the purposes of appreciating and honoring a higher being is the epitome of religious attachment to such beings. This paper expresses the relationships and beliefs of the Temple of Zeus back in ancient city that was destroyed by fire; ancient history explaining its construction and relationship to Persepolis. Of essence also, will be the ideologies behind the artistic constructions of the two, and whether there is an underlying commonality or difference.
Temple of Zeus in Olympia’s beliefs in comparison to Persepolis
The Temple of Zeus at Olympia is one of the most iconic works in Greece. It is an ancient structure, a Greek temple to be precise, located in Olympia. The temple was wholly dedicated Zeus, one of the Greek gods. Works on its construction are believed to have commenced in the period around the middle of the 5th century (McWilliam, 2011). Its blueprint was the very model of the fully developed classical Greek temple of the Doric order. Its location is also on a religious footing, with the site having been dedicated to another deity, Gaia, who was believed to be the earth mother. Additionally, it was also the same place that was the site of the temple of Hera, which dates all the way back to the archaic period.
Looking at the design of the structure, it is quite clear that the builders had a taste for precision artwork. From the onset, there is the altis. This is the enclosure that boasts of a sacred grove, open-air altars and the Tumulus of Pelops. It first came into existence during the tenth and ninth centuries, a period commonly termed at the Dark Ages of the Greek history (Hand, 2018). This period was marked with the union of the followers of Hera and those of Zeus. It therefore hinges much of its current designs on a mixture of the concepts from the two different groups. It was the product of a fusion of artistic concepts.
On the other hand is Persepolis, a location that was commonly considered to be the ceremonial capital of the  HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" \o "Achaemenid Empire" Achaemenid Empire. Strategically situated in the heart of Iran, near the city of Shiraz, Persepolis was quite an important site in ancient times. It was a seat of power and therefore, quite a lot was considered in its construction. Its early origins date back as far as 515 BCE and its majestic nature has seen it being classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The platform upon which it was built consisted of a natural as well as an artificial surface (Silverman, 2012).
One of its sides seems to have been directly shaped o...