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what was the significance of arts in cities

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showed the skill of the people
showed the ctiies powerful links to myths

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what were the key events of the centauromachy

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the centaurs were the ugly children of the king of the lapiths, who were much more civilised when the king lowk raped a nymth. at the wedding of the lapith prince the centaurs got drunk and raped and fought the lapiths, theseus and the lapiths fought and trimuphed over the uncivilised centaurs

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where is centauromachy in the parthenon

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the southern metopes

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what is the purpose of the centauromachy on the parthenon

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its a celberation of the triumph of the civilised athenians over the barbaric perisans, the disrespect of thepersions in athens is the same as that of the centaurs at the lapith wedding
theseus is alos there stopping the centaurs and as a king of athens it shows their constant trumph over the uncivilised

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two amazonamachy stories details

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the amazons came to help the trojans during the war but were defeated and troy was destroyed
hercules came to the queen to get her belt and the eventual battle is seen as the triumph of his cunning over the soley violence driven amozons

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why is the bassae freize made and where

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it was built as a thanks by the locals for the end of a plauge in northern greece made for the temple of appollo

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what does the bassae freize depict and why

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both versions of the amazonamchy, which are both greek triumphs over the barabarch war driven amazons
the greeks and perians had two wars so the two victories over the amazons could be symbolicof that, both were also knwon for being very violence driven whilst the greeks prided themselves in their interest in culture and arts

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why was the prima porta important

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though caeser was popular he had been killed and rome was unstable, augustus had to shpw himself as a secure and powerful ruler who could be trusted without being a dictator

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how was the prima porta successful in showing augustuses power

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the clothing mixed that of a war victor with a senator
his breastplate shows the standards that he had won back when he reclaimed roman land- reminder of his proactiveness in the rebuild of rome
he shows his divine family with cupid at his feet- links to romes founders suggesting he is the third
barefoot suggests he is a god
showed his grandchildren, establishing his family as rulers
center of rome and in many places around shows him estabilishing his power and remidning the public of his great achievements

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what was the ara pacis and why was it built

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dedicated to the goddess of peace it celebrated augustuses return in making oeace across the kingdom

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what was sucessfully depicted on the ara pacis

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augustus is present but not the center, he is establishing his power but not dictating
his family and senators are present establishing them as leading figures
he is emphasising his popularity in bringing oeace in a previous time of civil war
his ancestors with divine heritige aneas and rom and rem are there which links him to the gods and also shows a new beginning for rome

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