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Parthenon V.S. The Lincoln Memorial

Many Greek buildings take an influence on Modern day American buildings. Building such as The Lincoln Memorial and The Parthenon resemble each other right in plan site. If you look at the columns on each they look exactly alike, this is because they are both Doric columns. Something else you might also notice is that at the top of both building there are carving type sculptures on the buildings.

The Lincoln Memorial is one of the many monuments used in Washington. The memorial was dedicated to Abraham Lincoln in the 1922 for his courage an honesty. The building was built after a Greek temple.

The Parthenon was a building that was built in Ancient Greece. It was a temple built for Athena. The sculptural ideas on the Parthenon are ideas that were, are, and will be use in architecture in the past, present and future.

There are many key items that we need to learn about Greek Architecture. One, you can not stop the influence it will bring on to construction of further buildings. Two, the inspiration Greek Architecture bring to other Building especially in America, it will always be used on building with a special meaning and representation. Three, Greek Architecture has Art that is in some from magical, mystical, and it will always have a moral in the meaning and purpose of the painting or sculpture.