http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/parthenon-and-the-acropolis-landmark.htm
Colonial Expansion = is the action that creates a new world that carries the same basic implications/rules that the home, mother country has as their basic structure of architecture and design.
When I picture the older colonies of America the image of an old southern plantation popped in my head. Plantations were very popular in southern states in America during the 1800's. I began to find it very interesting that I found the resemblance between the magnificent Parthenon and these southern plantations.
The picture on the right is an example of what kind of plantation I relate to the Parthenon. I mean the differences can definitely outweigh the basic similarity of the basic columns located around every side of the plantation which is just like the Parthenon. The colonies in America around the 1800's had actually advanced to building layered homes like the Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Palazzo de' Medici in France in the 1440's (except the plantation rule is having more land to represent wealth instead of space taken up by the building.)
The combination of stacking rooms and living spaces with columns located on the exterior which then gives everyone the rememberable picture of a plantation.
But Let's Not Forget......The Porch!http://www.flickr.com/photos/11346181@N06/2146556753/
The unique characteristics that these southern plantations have is the exterior porches stretching on both two-story layers of the building. Which can be explained as the American plantation specific unique characteristic.
But overall,
Language in the plantation compared to the language of the Parthenon cannot be compared because the meaning behind one is significantly greater than the other. The Parthenon was built for the worship of a goddess while a Plantation is built for the upholding a "business" in a sense.
Erin Matthews
Non-Major
Erin, insightful view on how colonial expansion TO the US but I don't see any relation of the US influencing elsewhere. Also, you say that the Parthenon cannot be compared with the plantation but there are certainly similarities in the architectural grammar, only the function is different, don't confuse the two.
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