Religious Accessibility . In The Course Of This Class We

Religious Accessibility In the course of this class we have covered six major periods and examined many different types of historic pieces of art and architecture. Religious architecture played a significant role when looking at each culture and their key monuments and artifacts. When specifically looking at religious buildings we can see that they reflect the function and the belief system of the culture, it also speaks directly to the accessibility of religion to the culture’s population. Not only the buildings culture is reflected in the architectural design, but also to accessibility, limitations, or privilege over others that some citizens had when accessing their place of worship, their sacred artifacts, and even their rituals.†¦show more content†¦However, the overall structures are very different, The Temple of Zeus was built with the idea that everyone could access the large statue of Zeus, and the sacrifices that were done there were not barred from the ever yday citizen. We can see this clearly reflected in the floorplan of the temple- the columns around the perimeter of the temple allow access from any side, and even though there is a separate room for the statue of Zeus, it was not barred from the public, even the sacrifices were often done at the front of the temple (using it as a beautiful backdrop). Religious activities were not barred from the majority of the population like in ancient Egypt, but instead was open and integral in everyday Grecian life. The following section we examined was the Etruscan and Roman periods. Again, when looking at the specific religious buildings of the time one can see how accessible religion was. In the Pantheon we can see Romans barrowing from both the Greeks and the Etruscans. Here we see that polytheistic religion (though very similar to the Greeks) is treated differently. The entrance to the temple is more limited and reflects its Etruscan influences through the use of a â€Å"deep porch† structure (similar to The Model of Etruscan Temple that we also looked at). While this structure is somewhat limiting it does not mean that we see the same amount of religious exclusivity that we saw at The Temple of Amun-Re. The Pantheon,Show MoreRelatedEnlightment: The Age of Reasoning919 Words   |  4 Pagesknowledge was created through explorations both geographical and scientific, and subsequently dispersed via a print revolution. A virtuous cycle was formed when enhanced accessibility to knowledge raised literacy and greater literacy led to more innovations and discoveries. The religious and social zeitgeist faced challenges from this uprising of new ideas and mindsets, resulting in an incubation of a growing unease between enlightenment thinking and the concept of strictures and empires. 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