The Aesthetics and Attainability of Cultural Cohesion: The Metaphorical Compositional Structure of Oresteia and Acropolis of Athens

• Main Author: Vladimir Mako
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research 2019-01-01
• Series: Athens Journal of Architecture
• Online Access: https://www.athensjournals.gr/architecture/2019-5-1-5-Mako.pdf

The aim of this paper is to investigate the essence of tripartite compositional structures as developed in several important cultural monuments of classical Greek art from the fifth century BCE. This structure appears as a possible mutual aesthetic approach to a metaphorical interpretation of particularly-shaped mythological meanings, revealing the essential cultural and social beliefs and values of the period. In that context, the discussion on Aeschylus’s trilogy Oresteia and the appearance of three essential forms of Athena’s holy places on the Acropolis of Athens can help us understand one of many aspects of cohesion of cultural and aesthetic expression of that period. Moreover, this investigation focuses attention on the possible aspects of aesthetic development of a society’s fundamental ideals and the forms of their variable appearances.