Art

One of the most significant artists that had transformed art in America is Paul Czanne, a French painter recognized as a genius in the world of painting and dubbed as the Father of Modern Arts. His contributions to Modernism had been profound especially to the artists of the early 20th century. A revisit on Czannes works would reveal how his talent and creative works have touched several artists and have produced a prominent technique that is famed internationally. This French artist has inspired several artists who personally took the initiative of introducing Czanne to the world and giving him the appropriate recognition he deserved.

Featured in the Baltimore Museum of the Arts (BMA) is the traveling exhibition of Czanne and American Modernism. The current exhibit displays some of the most amazing works of Czanne and offers visitors of the museum a very interesting tour on the developments of American modern art.

This is the first exhibit specifically attributed for the French artist. BMA already owns two of Czannes most impressive works but the traveling exhibition includes other works from different museums and private collections throughout the land. All in all, the exhibit features 16 of his works, among this is his painting entitled Self-Portrait with Beret and other significant archival materials that document the success of Czannes career as an artist.

Along with Czannes works, the exhibit also showcases the works of more than 30 American artists that were intensely inspired by the French master. Some of the names of artists whose works are part of the exhibition include Max Weber, Man Ray, Maurice Prendergast, and Arshile Gorky. More than 80 oil paintings, photographs, and watercolors are part of the traveling exhibit. While viewing each work available in the exhibition, one could assess that these art pieces symbolize how Czanne had inspired artists of different backgrounds to experiment and try modern techniques or undertake new ways if abstraction.

Czannes works are mostly about landscapes, bathers, profiles, and still life. It can be observed from the artworks that some of his best inspirations are the tranquil landscapes of French countryside. And since the exhibit highlights the great impact that Czanne has on American modern art, several comparisons are observable from the collection of works present in the gallery. Every artist that is part of the exhibit had their on distinct interpretation of Czannes style and technique. Like the French masters works, most of these artists paintings featured people bathing, landscapes, and still life creations. Although, it can be observed from the exhibit that these featured artists have also infused their own version of American Modernism. In some of the artists works, most Czannes original effect is already almost lost in the whole interpretation.

All the same, the collection of oil paintings, watercolors, and photographs on the exhibit are surreal and very unique. Also, knowing that these masterpieces have inspired a number of artists makes them more appealing and interesting to observe. With the variety of masterpieces carefully organized in the museum, the whole exhibit could make the visitors feel that Czanne transformative and inspiring art are really powerful visionary pieces that are important to the whole history of American modern art and the idea of modernism of art around the world.

BMAs special exhibition was really effective in depicting how Czanne introduced European Modernism to the American artists. Visitors of the museum are most likely to enjoy the quality of works that are compiled together in the exhibit plus the relevant information and realities they offer to people. The entire exhibit features some of the best works Czanne plus almost three decades of artwork released after his death that documents how much he had influenced American arts.

The exhibit clearly presented how American modern art was inspired immensely by the French masters works. It also made a mark in describing the personal profile and artistic contributions of Czanne in the world of art. More than comparing the resemblances between Czanne and those artists he had influenced, the exhibit aims for its audience to understand the development and molding of American Modernism and the redefinition of post-impressionist beauty.

The whole exhibit could make visitors of BMA feel the raw talent and visions for the future of art and what potential American modernism has for contemporary artists. Maybe the location or the arrangements of the artworks are also significant to the atmosphere and ambiance that the exhibit encourages. As a whole, the Czanne and American Modernism exhibit follows the layout that effectively presents the remarkable impact of the French master to the art of America, particularly in the western areas.

Compiling a number of Czannes works and the art pieces done by artists that were inspired by him is a difficult but immensely insightful plan. It was really a good thing that the exhibit successfully came to be. The whole exhibit was co-organized by the Montclair Art Museum and BMA and could be viewed in Baltimore from February 14 to May 23, 2010. Some people might feel that one downside of the exhibit would probably that there are too many works displayed. Aside from the 16 masterpieces of Czanne, the exhibit features more than 30 artists and there are a few artists that were overly represented. This is a disadvantage for some because, at some point, the paintings of the other artists tend to overcrowd the masters original works. But the organizers of the traveling exhibit have appropriately arranged the other artists works according to how they can be suitably compared to the masterpieces of Czanne.

People can learn many insightful and important things when visiting an art museum and BMA offers free of charge for their other exhibits. But this traveling exhibition is special event so an admission charge for the tickets was required. Despite the cost, the exhibit is still accessible to people and remains highly endearing because it includes complimentary audio tours for both adults and kids. People who will visit the exhibit will not be disappointed not only because the exhibit is both aesthetically pleasing, but also because it is intellectually stimulating especially in highlighting the role played by Czanne in the field of art.

Through his art, Czanne influenced the styles, themes, and artistic possibilities of American Modernism. Art is constantly evolving and with its growth also comes the introduction and integration of cultures from one continent to another.  Featuring Czanne and American Modernism in the BMA is really great because these collections of art works are worth seeing and should be indulged into. Despite the critically large amount of works by other artists present in the gallery, the exhibit depict the development of modern art and influences of the great artist Czanne in the most interesting and easy to appreciate way. A visit to this traveling exhibition is really worth it.

David Carrier starts his article by explaining the powerful and unique experience an art museum offers its visitors. Unlike in a historical textbook which only contains stories of the past, a photograph which presents still and lifeless images, or a movie that shows mere reenactment of historical accounts with the use of improvised props or sometimes make-believe gadgets, an art museum allows one to be immersed in an important historical event through the art collection it houses. Every piece of artwork in a museum is a treasure it tells of a distinctive culture and a rich story which a visitor can be a part of.

Carrier goes on to describe this experience as a form of imaginative time travel or going back to the time and place these artworks existed. For example, Carrier cited, a visitor can peak into the real story of Jesus Christs last meal with his apostles through Nicolas Poussins work, The Last Supper. Similarly, Jacques  Louis Davids Death of Socrates lets a visitor experience Socrates last few moments on Earth without having to travel thousands of years back in history.

Then, Carrier introduces the museum skeptics  people who take a rather adversarial view on museums. For them, an art museum is exactly the opposite of what people think of it. Rather than protecting precious works of art, museums actually destroy them by taking them out of their context and by moving them away from the objects that are closely associated with them. Artworks are robbed of their purity and authenticity by placing them within the four walls of the museums.
While museum skeptics recognize that museums are able to physically preserve old objects, they believe that museums are unable to preserve these objects true relevance and symbolism. Worse, efforts to restore an artwork to its original state have transformed it to a completely different object, though sometimes cleaner and more attractive, making it lose its personality altogether.  

This view can be compared to what animal protection activists think of zoos. People think that by putting animals in a cage, they are able to protect them more and preserve their species. On the contrary, activists think that people are doing the animals more harm than good by taking them out of their natural habitat where they are supposed to learn survival techniques and be with other animals. No matter how hard zoo owners try to imitate the animals natural habitat, it is just never the same. As a consequence, animals lose their true identity and authenticity.

Museum skeptics also argue that the actual architecture of the museum contributes to its ineffectiveness to function as the true guardian of art and history. Some museums, for example, have been badly affected by signs of modernization and urbanization such as construction of new roads and other infrastructure. In some cases, museums have become so commercialized that people see them as places to eat, hang out with friends or watch a concert instead of as sacred institutions. This development has then affected the way people view artwork. They no longer think of an artwork as a valuable object that gives a reflection of the past, but rather as a typical commercial item that is displayed for visitors to feast their eyes on.

Finally, museum skeptics believe that having museums means that true artistic sense and creativity is deteriorating. For them, artworks should be seen anywhere and everywhere, and not confined to buildings claiming to be stewards of art and history. They say it should be like before when there were no museums but art is in good health and creative vitality flourishes.

Art is one of the most important aspects of culture which may be expressed in various means. Different people have different means to express art, such as historical artifacts, films, museums, and musical pieces. In this discussion, these aforementioned types of art will be evaluated and analyzed in order to show that artist expression comes in diverse means and can affect various aspects of life.

The Black Pharaohs of  Egypt Abstract
Egypt has a history which has not been fully discovered, something referred to as  an ignored chapter of history  (Draper, 2008) a history which shows that an individuals skin color does not affect how other people see him or her. It is a history which should be able to enlighten people of the vast changes that has occurred since Europe began the slave trade the history of the black pharaohs.

The black pharaohs are actually Africans who have chosen to invade Egypt in order to  save it from itself  (Draper, 2008). The most famous black pharaoh is Piye, a ruler of Nubia, who decided that it was time to invade Egypt in order to show it that he was a rightful ruler. This history of Egypt shows that, unlike today, people do not judge other individuals based on their color.

Piye was, in fact, merely one of the many black pharaohs who have ruled  over all of Egypt for three-quarters of a century  (Draper, 2008). This only goes to show that a man, regardless of his race, may be able to rule and reunify a kingdom.

During the time of the black pharaohs, it can be seen that their skin color was irrelevant. While historical evidence in the form of art showed that people were indeed aware of differences regarding race, there were very few  evidence that people saw anything inferior with having darker skin. In fact, as stated in the first  paragraph, the only time that people actually saw darker skin to be inferior was when Europe began colonization in Africa during the 19th century.

Since the history regarding black pharaohs have been obscured, it is not a wonder that people know nothing of Africas accurate history. Historians have chosen a racist world view and glorified merely the white rulers of Egypt and ignored the reality that black pharaohs have contributed greatly to its civilization.

Mona Lisa Smile Summary
Mona Lisa Smile is a film set in the 50s starring Julia Roberts as a teacher named Katherine Watson who is teaching art history in all-girls school, Wellesley College. She is a feminist who believes that women everywhere should be able to follow their own dreams instead of going by the stereotype that they may only wives and mothers in the future.

Katherine, as a teacher, uses modern art to teach her students about feminism and the fact that women can surpass societys stereotypes of them. Since Katherine is a feminist, she believes that it is her duty to ensure that her students are not merely going to be somebodys wife. It is also seen in the film that Katherine seems to be a woman who cannot imagine that a woman can find true happiness in merely being married (Roth  Newell, 2003).

However, once she starts teaching this to her students, Katherine finds that they are conservative regarding such views, and would prefer to become wives after they graduate from college. Katherines biggest critic amongst the students is a girl named Betty Warren (Kirsten Dunst) Betty is the first to get married amongst the other girls, and like them, she believes that a womans place is in the home and that her duty is to her family and her husband (Roth  Newell, 2003).

Apart from this, Katherines colleagues are very disapproving of her teaching styles. They have told her to stick to what she is teaching, rather than teach her students about feminism, which angers her further. She pushes through and tries to convince her students that they can achieve greater things in life apart from being married (Roth  Newell, 2003).

She eventually made sense to the girls, but Katherine, however, failed to see that perhaps, the girls wanted to get married because it made them happy rather than because they feel that do not have options. There is a particular scene with one of her students saying that perhaps Katherine has not even thought that being married is what they wanted and that it is something which they consider to be important (Roth  Newell, 2003).

In the end, Katherine decides to leave, seeing that the school prefers that their students not be taught regarding feminism. She, however, made a significant change to the lives of the girls, and in the last minutes of the film, Betty Warren, previous nemesis of Katherine, wrote an editorial about Katherine as an extraordinary woman and a person who seeks truth beyond tradition, beyond definition, beyond the image (Roth  Newell, 2003).

An Evaluation of the Web Gallery of Art
The Web Gallery of Art is a website which functions as a virtual museum wherein an individual can browse various sculptures and paintings from different periods, such as the  Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism periods  (Web Gallery of Art).

This virtual museum is perfect for individuals who want to look at various art forms and yet do not have the chance to visit an actual museum. The website is organized and the viewer may be able to search categories in order to find art which may appeal to him or her. Since the website and its database is organized and user-friendly, the  viewer can easily search for art through browsing alphabetically, chronologically, and even search for their favorite artists.

The website also has a music feature which enables the viewer to listen to classical music while browsing the database. The musical piece is designed to match the art piece or period which the individual is studying and it could be played in the background (Web Gallery of Art). This a good  feature of the Web Gallery of Art for it would enable the viewer to sit back, relax, and enjoy the beauty of art.

Classical Music
Violin Concerto No. 1, K.207 (Allegro Moderato)

This piece of classical music is one of Mozarts magnificent creations. The violins in the performance can either give the listener the feeling of excitement or sorrow. The first minute of the piece was quick, as if trying to get the listener excited about something. If one is watching a movie with that particular part of the piece as background, the effect would be positive feelings, such as when people are dancing and engaging in merriment.

The musical piece also has a few seconds which has a sad effect on the listener. Around the second minute of the piece, the tempo and the tune of the piece seems a little on the depressing side. If one is to give a particular scene on which this particular part of the piece can be used, it would probably be a sad scene perhaps a scene where people are intensely quiet due to depressing news.

However, this lasts only for a a short time and the pace of the piece picks up and the tune takes a livelier note, which can actually have an impact on the listeners mood. In a sense, the piece is like a roller coaster of emotion, for it can convey a story on its own. It is a beautiful piece of classical music and deserves a thumbs up.

Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude
This particular musical piece is beautiful, but it has a haunting effect on the listener. The fact that the musical piece is performed using a cello gives off a mysterious effect (due to the low pitch of a cello) which actually gives the listener chills. The piece is performed well and it can be a good background for theater performances and films which have scenes consisting either of suspense or mystery.

Apart from this, the musical piece also seems to be like there is a chase occurring, wherein an individual is running for his or her life. The pace of the musical piece is heart-skipping, and makes the listener visualize a rather suspenseful scene. The artist was able to interpret Bachs piece well, and is able to achieve a desired effect on the listener. The performance is laudable, and it is hauntingly beautiful in its own way.

Holberg Suite, Movement 1 Prelude
This musical piece is very entertaining for it gives off the feeling of adventure and excitement to the listener. The pacing is fast and lively, and the tune is very engaging. If one is to think of a scene that may be appropriate for this musical piece, it would be an adventure out on the sea, with the cool air kissing ones face, watching marine creatures swimming towards the ship in curiosity.

The musical piece is very inspiring in the sense that it makes the listener feel very bold and adventurous the pacing is exciting, as if engaging the listener to go out of the house and embark on an adventure. Apart from the fact that the piece is engaging, the interpretation of the GYMC Youth Symphony (conducted by Paul Pulford) is energetic, which adds to the feeling of adventure.

As an art consultant, I was commissioned to build art collections for a boutique hotel and have been given a budget of 1,000,000. The hotel in construction, as boutique hotels go, will be quite pricey and luxurious, targeting young (pre-middle age) wealthy men and women in their 30s-40s. The Arte 44 will utilize the latest in technology and innovative spaces, and will also dedicate its operations to supply its visitors with memorable experiences and spectacular soires. I suggested that the Arte 44 Collections would be committed to showing new media works, which move the viewer through experimental time-based and multi-sensory approaches.

Several organizations and institutions collecting and commissioning these types of new media artworks like Franklin Furnace (which claims to be making the world safe for avant-garde art) and the Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as biennials were good guides.

ARTE 44 Collections

With the opening of The Boutique Hotel, our collection of contemporary visual art, Arte 44, will begin with 20 works of the new media artistic experiments of our time. The pieces, which will be displayed everywhere the lobby, the restaurant, the bar, and even inside the rooms, will be thoroughly planned out in order to enhance the guests overall aesthetic experience.

The current developments of media have brought about tremendous improvements and modifications not only in our daily lives but also in our sensory appreciations. The technological developments that have occurred over the last decades, especially, have led to the expansion of the amount and range of these new media works being made in artistic contexts. As electronic media evolve in accessibility and peoples understanding, artists have come to take advantage of their dynamic characteristics, making their use diverse and widespread in contemporary art. This growing acceptance of electric media can be observed through an exploration of recent history. From Neo-Constructivism and New Tendency to Arte Povera, Post-minimalism and conceptual art, artists have used new electrical-centric media such as neon lights (and). Performance art and Fluxus have led to the birth of early examples of art on film and video. The perception of new media has changed significantly since their beginnings and gradual development into the easily recognizable media of today. In fact, there seems little point in calling them new anymore, a position which has led to the adoption of the term variable media, which encompasses all ephemeral mediums, including performance art. Yet, the term new media may still be used to describe certain types of artworks, those that make the best new and dynamic use of media.

The Arte 44 Collections goals are to ask, as well as search for the answers to the questions What is new media art And what artistic changes has new media art brought The Arte 44 Collection also aims to nurture contemporary art scenes and the cultural benefit and overall experience of our guests. We would do this by acquiring artworks that decidedly reflect the experimentation of new media from diverse and global contemporary communities.

For the Arte 44 Collection, works by emerging artists as well as established artists will be acquired. From these, several thematic streams will be found in the Arte 44 Collections. First, there will be some artists who appear to be obsessed with how to visualize the effects of light. Electronic media provide a means for an art piece to consist of light itself. Artists have come to use neon, fluorescent, laser, and other forms of electric light. In these methods, light itself becomes the medium, and it transcends stylistic categories and expands the aesthetic experience. Second, the collection will include a rich representation of media installations that explore time a concept central to video artists.

Time can be manipulated in video installations through the utilization of several monitors or projection surfaces. The new art cinema will be comprised of installations that are multi-screened, panoramic, and dome-projected. Third, contained in the collection will be interactive artworks that exploit new technology. These types of pieces encourage the active participation of spectators whereas traditional artworks are only capable of making one-way presentations. The audience will be given the ability to modify or complete artworks, and this would allow them to experience art in a unique and memorable manner. The highlights of the collection would be artworks by James Turrel, Olafur Eliasson, and Bill Viola.

The Arte 44 Art Collection will serve as a stage for the evolution of new media art and it aims to position itself as one of the leading collections that focus on new media and attract attention within and outside art world. It is hoped that the extended aesthetic experience offered by Arte 44 would be seen and felt by its visitors in such a way that that they would not consider it as a novelty but a place for repeated patronage wherein the experience is always unique.

Arte 44s Media Categories
Sculpture The term refers generally to three dimensional works.

Time-based media This title features artworks in which time is embedded.  Films and video, for example, are considered to be time-based media.

Installations and site-specific works The term installation most probable the loosest definition of an art practice. It can cover any site-specific work of any form or size that comprehensively inhabits a space.

Miami, Florida is most likely associated with three words beaches and great sunsets. Technically, those wore four words but the point is that Miami is famous for its breathtaking beaches that people from all over the United States of America flock towards it. Since an abundance of beautiful frontier beaches are proliferated in Miami, it is only understandable that they also have the best sunsets. This picture of Miami, Florida, that of being relaxing, breathtakingly beautiful and even picturesque makes it the perfect backdrop for the art scene, particularly in one type of art photography although it does not mean that other forms of art are not famous in Miami. This just goes without saying that photography is the fastest way to capture a perfect sunset before it fully sinks on the horizon.

Photography allows faster access and greater manoeuvrability while producing the same calibre of those art forms done so tediously and exhaustingly with hands or some other body part. Moreover, with today s advanced technological advancement, cameras are now very accessible and affordable to the great majority of people who wants a memento of some sort of their stay of the Land of the Best Beaches. However, no matter how many people have access to cameras, there are still the exceptional few who are trained professionals and who know their equipment and art well the photographers and studio owners.

Miami, Florida, according to the WorldAtlas.com (n.p.) is  known for its sultry weather, tempered by great ocean breezes, and a semi-tropical sun  which explains why many people go there to relax and have fun. The population in Miami is a mere 363,413 last 2006 that was over 4 years ago and the possibility that it has risen considerably is very likely (Miami Downtown Development Authority, p.4). The employment statistics also presents some very interesting facts
10.6 are in Management, Business and Financial Operations, 13.4 are in Professional and Related Occupations, 22.0 are in Service, and 26.3 are in Sales and Office. (Miami Downtown Development Authority 5)

This statistics can point to the fact that the rather small population of Miami, Florida caters to having developing their own businesses and establishments that can cater to other people or to guests. Miami being a hotspot for tourists and recreationists explains why there are many shops, stores and service establishments that aim to cater to visitors. The fact that Miami provides a beautiful backdrop for pictures and the fact that the place tremendously caters to visitors can explain why many people go to Miami to be inspired and to inspire. Since the beautiful Miami is able to provide the inspiration with the landscape it offers, many people establishes art galleries, studios and photography shops in the city.  The employment statistics of the place for example, can explain why there are many people who have jobs that caters to visitors visitors who want to catch a glimpse of the vivid colors of their city. The small population of the city are actually littered with many art gallery owners, studio owners, photography and picture store owners that does not only provide photographic exhibitions to the locale population but to the entire Florida state itself as people flock over the city.

Photography is very famous in Miami, Florida as it caters not only to providing accessible and efficient photography services to visitors,  but also because the beautiful Miami landscape provides the perfect background for breathtaking, artistic and creative shots. This is perhaps the reason why fine art photography is very famous in Miami, Florida with over 260 photographers, companies, studios and shops that provide such service to the locale and to the visitors (MDNH, Inc., n.p.). Aside from this, there are over a hundred artisits and art centres that exhibits fine art photographies for the public this is considering that Miami has only about  363,413 locales (as of 2006) in numbers. In a site (Art-Collecting.com)  that seeks to collate the artists and art centres in Miami, there are over a hundred samples of fine art photography ranging from pictures of chairs, pregnant bellies, sleeping children and puff of smoke. This just proves how the creativity of people and their appreciation for aestheic beauty of human nature and mother nature is developing. Accoding to Art Center South Florida, the Miami Beach in Miami, Florida is considered as the cultural hub of the entire South Florida (n.p.). This just means that people from Miami are taking apprecation for art to great new heights.

On a different note, fine art photography, is still an offshoot of fine arts and it requires certain artistic quality and univesal beauty before it can really be called  fine art . The fine art photography scene in Miami does not only cater to locale artists but also to other artists from other places, even those from Asia (like Ja Young Yoon in the ABBA Fine Art Centre) that chooses to have their works exhibited in Miami. However, not just anyone can be a fine art photographer nor can anyone just avail such services because compared to the more commecialized type of photography like portrait or events, fine art photographers are more expensive. However, there is a tremendous difference to how more artistic, professional and creative fine art photographs are even if it is very expensive, it must be very worth it as people keep on taking up the profession more (with classes being offered at the Art Center South Florida) and groups establishing more studios. Miami, Florida is not just the Land of the Best Beaches in the future, it might even be known as the Land of the Finest Fine Art Photographers ever seen.

Known as one of the best planned cities in the United States, Savannah is a showcase of the best of American art and architecture throughout the years, seen from the Savannah Historic District to the Victorian Historic District to the citys many parks and squares. Looking around, the city comes off as the perfect display of the many architectural styles that have become prevalent throughout American history. But, no other style has become noteworthy or characteristic of America during its most crucial times than that of Greek revival architecture. Popularized in the 1820s to the 1850s, this style used the many elements of Classical Greek architecture like Doric columns and friezes (Beney 1992, 10). Considered the national style, it was adopted in the United States as a symbol of the countrys patriotism and newfound democratic ideals as based on the Greek political system (Paradis 2008, online). And one of the earliest and most recognized buildings of this style found in the city of Savannah is the Christ Episcopal Church found along Bull Street in Johnson Square. For this paper, we shall discuss elements of Greek revival found in this building and discover its origins in ancient Greek architecture.

The Christ Church sect, was founded in 1733 as the new colony was beginning establish themselves in the vast landscape of Georgia. According to its website, the sect was supposed to serve as colonys official ministry but originally did not have a title nor a building to its name. Eventually, as part of the grand city plan coordinated by General James Oglethorpe, the colonys founder, the Church found its place in Johnson Square, flanked by trust lots set aside for other public buildings. With this location, the Church found itself at the center of the city, relishing its position as the heart and soul of the colony (Christ Church Savannah History, online).

The Church had undergone several renovation and reconstructions after several fires that almost razed the building to the ground. Its current faade was constructed in the 1840s during the height of the Greek revival era wherein most of the city adopted the same style. It might not be an accurate reproduction, but several key elements of the Ionic style can be pointed out throughout the edifice, particularly the columns and the gabled roofing.

In antiquity, Ionic columns popularized during the height of the Greek civilization (but not quite as popular as the Doric order) were made out limestone and were constructed with distinct vertical or horizontal lines, called fluting, deeply etched along its surface, an architectural innovation that prevented the columns from collapsing aside from being decorative (Dinsmoor and Anderson 1973, 72). As we can see in the Church building, this original template was summarily dismissed for a more practical design that involves the use of round, wooden columns that, despite this difference, are clearly inspired by the Ionic genre. These six columns dominate the buildings faade as it rises to two stories, an imposing vision in white that spells of the simple grandeur associated with the Greek era. Above these columns are volutes, spiral scrolls, typically associated with Ionic columns, which give the building a feminine quality.

The building also has a full-width portico, another distinct characteristic of the Greek Revival period, above which is a gabled roof with a pediment, or a smaller structured gable found either above porticos or over windows. The portico serves the welcoming space into the buildings entrance which are tall doors with distinctly Greek-inspired moldings, above which are gabled pediments that only add magnificence to the entrance.

Another Classical attribute of this building are the architrave, frieze and entablature that encircles the whole width of the edifice. Unlike classical structures, which follow the aforementioned format in the design, the Church employs the use of the frieze first,  with its vertical lines that add height to the structure, followed by the wide band of architrave, and the finally, the cornice that line the edges of the gabled roofing. Also notable are the exceptionally large windows and doors that bring light in into the congregation. Perhaps an innovation of the design, creating large windows and doors allow light to come in and keep the space open while still maintain the privacy of the venue.

Ideologically, one can derive a deeper similarity with the Church and the temples of antiquity as they are both places of worship. Perhaps, this is the very reason why this style was imposed on the Church, as a harkening back to a time when religion was the center of the peoples lives. The Parthenon, the best example of Greek architecture, is a temple built on top of a hill at the very center of the city of Athens. Much like this iconic and almost mythical structure, we find the Christ Episcopal Church at the very heart of the city of Savannah, its glorious white edifice gleaming in the Sunday sunlight, welcoming, and at the same time, equally imposing. It not only serves as an great example of Greek revival architecture in America, but also serves as an insight into the belief system of a people.