tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post8182851872360298615..comments2023-11-14T23:15:05.189-08:00Comments on ORBIS CATHOLICVS: The Santuario S. Maria della Visitazione...John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-20572739074801864052009-01-25T08:00:00.000-08:002009-01-25T08:00:00.000-08:00Absolutely fascinating. I have a book on Graeco/E...Absolutely fascinating. I have a book on Graeco/Etruscan art. It's awesome to study...and I'm no archeologist.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever seen the ruins of the Greek temples at Agrigento etc. (Not the Roman era temples...but the Greek ones which predate the Romans by 500 years.)<BR/><BR/>The Greeks in the 600's BC colonized Sicily, and large parts of Italy, expecially along the coasts. Archeologists have taken to calling it "Magna Graecia"--"Greater Greece", and indeed the Greek colonists thought of this territory as such.<BR/><BR/>Greek temples in arcitecture are much lighter in style and appeal than the imposing , oftentimes overpowering Roman style. I prefer the Graeco/Etruscan era (especially Archaic Greek epoch (8th-550 bc) better than the period known as "Classical Greece" 500-350 BC.<BR/>I prefer the "Hellenic" or "authentic" period of Greek culture (1,000-350 BC) to the "Hellenistic" era which is basically Alexander the Great imposing the Greek style of "everything" everywhere he conquered. Cheap immitations.<BR/>Romans did the same thing.<BR/>I like the originals and that era over Roman times anyday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com