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| when was the colosseum built (start and finish dates? |
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| what was the symbolism of the hole in the dome of the pantheon? |
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| to ring the gods into their lives ? ???????????? |
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| what architecural orders were used on the first second and third stories of the colosseum |
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| what is the significant of the statue placed in the mortuary temple in egyptian burial sites? |
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| for people to pray to the dead |
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| name a difference and similarity between palaeolithic and egyptian sculpture |
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| both were kept to the block. palaeolithic could be moved becuase they were small, but egptian couldnt |
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| carved on all sides and viewed on all sides |
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| a symbol meaning eternal life |
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| is the S shape in standing sculptures used by the greeks |
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| similarities and differences between greek and roman scultpure? |
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greeks: not kept to the block, stylized hair, contrapposto, developed musculature, often nude, ideal proportion of 7:1
roman: not kept to the block and had developed musculature, often didnt use contrapposto, they were not in the nude,
roman is individual sculpture
greek is ideal sculpture
Romans honour their civil leaders, Greece honoured their gods and goddesses |
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| similarities and differences between greek and egyptian scultpures? |
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egypt: often small, becuase they were nomadic
greek: large made of stone, contrappasto, |
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| similarities and differences between egyptian and roman sculpture |
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| what is a karyatid? give example |
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| a female statue used as a column, porch of the maidens |
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| compare a doric and ionic column |
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doric column has no base, it is bulged at the middle so that it looks straight from far away, it is nown as entasis. simple capital
ionic : base and shaft with no entasis. capital of ionic is a scroll |
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| a large tubular biece of marble that is used to hold up roffs of buildings and temples. used for decoration 3 main types are: ionic doric and corinthian |
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| compare doric and corinthian |
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| compare ionic and corinthian |
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| how did the proportion of the human figure change between the greek classical period and the greek hllenistic period? |
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| name two main structures that make up the funerary district? |
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egyptian
mortuary temple and seven stepped pyramids |
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| may be carved on all sides byt is only seen from one |
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| name 4 methods of burial used by egyptians |
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| reed mats,stepped pyramid, hidden tomb, mastabas |
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| significance of palette of narmer? |
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| palette of narmer shows when upper egypt defeated lower egypt and how they became one kingdom. shoes how size represented how much power you had |
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| the capital of the egyptian column is based on which two organic shapes? |
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| lotus blossom and lotus bud |
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Moment of rest
Kouros
Greek sculpture
Kept to the block
Made of marble
610B.C. archaic period
Early archaic period
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The head is way too big for the body
- C.610 (archaic period)
- Early muscle structure (stylized hair)
- *they do not concentrate on a specific person
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| indentations of the columns |
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| standing male nude statues |
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| why are most temples built high? |
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| so that they can be closer to the gods |
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what happened at reformation of the church?
when was it? |
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| 1600. there was a reformation after the renaissance nude scultpures were frowned upon so they put fig leaves on the body parts |
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| when was the Colosseum built? |
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| shaft of a column attached to the building |
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| who was the architect of the pantheon? |
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what was the opening at the top of the pantheon called?
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| what is the pantheon dedicated to? |
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| Temple dedicated to the 7 deities of the planet |
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| what changed did the basilica of constantine go through and when? |
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| changed from being a building of commerce to a building of worship after the constantine delcared christianity the religion of rome |
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| why are there no columns in the center of the arch? |
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| the middle part of the arch that locks it into place |
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| building construction style, especially specific period, place, or culture |
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| using paint as a decoration |
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- Period of time before recorded events
- Pelaeolithic: small, carriable scultpures ** nomadic people |
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| development of farming(not so nomadic) |
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