POLITICAL IDENTITY OF ATHENS AND ARCHITECTURE OF ACROPOLIS Cover Image

ПОЛИТИЧКИ ИДЕНТИТЕТ АТИНЕ И АРХИТЕКТУРА АКРОПОЉА
POLITICAL IDENTITY OF ATHENS AND ARCHITECTURE OF ACROPOLIS

Author(s): Miloš Zdravković
Subject(s): Cultural history, Architecture, History of Law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: Athens democracy; Pericles; Idea of freedom; Acropolis;

Summary/Abstract: In this article author examines relations between Athens political identity and architecture of Acropolis. He makes parallels among flourishing of Athens democracy during Pericles’ golden age and the building of the most significant architectural complex in Old Greece. His basic thesis is that the concept of freedom shaped the democratic system in Athens and thus its political identity, but at the same time exerted a direct influence in all spheres of human creativity. The power of the idea of freedom is especially visible in the Acropolis architectural complex where the idea fused with the economic potential of ancient Athens has created the most beautiful symbol of democracy and one of the greatest architectural masterpiece in whole human history.

  • Issue Year: 62/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 152-169
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian