FAH FINAL Flashcards
1
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Çatalhöyök
A
- made of timber posts and beams filled with mud brick, plastered
- plaster relief
- female goddesses
-bull imagery and animal skeletal
2
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Stonehenge
A
- heel stone: outer stone
- lintel: horizontal
- post: vertical
- inner horse stone: trilithion (3-piece configuration
- blue stone: looks blue when wet, 2-5 tons each
- Sarsen stones: Marlborough Downs, 25 tons
3
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Hohle Fels figure
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- mammoth ivory
- germany
- 35000 BCE
- idealistic beauty standard of the time
- excentuating womanly figure
4
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Acropolis, Athens
A
- created for the greek Godess Athena
- ahtena = goddess of war
- daughter of Zuse
- ## birth place of democracy
5
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PARTHENON
acropolis, Athens
NORMS AND FORMS
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- regularity
- mathematical precision
- subtle optical adjustments
6
Q
pediment
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- triangular feature of entablature on top of parthenon
- entablature consists of birth of Athena, metopes, Lapith vs. centaur
7
Q
inner wall parthenon
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frieze of panathenaic procession
8
Q
terracotta warriors
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- composed from 12 moulds
- used carving to get specific features and traits
9
Q
terracotta chariots
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wood and bronze fittings
10
Q
Facture
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how an object shows the manipulation of specific materials and techniques
11
Q
terracotta faces
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- Moulds for 8 facial types
- Then individuated with slip, incised details, paint
12
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hinduism
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- no single founder
- earliest texts (Vedas), Sanskrit 1700BCE
- no text found
13
Q
hindusim
Ultimate Goal
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recognition that all things are united, interconnected manifestations of Brahman; liberation from endless
cycle of birth, death, rebirth, death
14
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Durga
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Warrior goddess
15
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Ganesha
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Beginnings; remove obstacles
