ARTS Flashcards
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Developed a form of Architecture based on Megaliths (a big rock)
Pre - Historic Architecture
Made of huge stone blocks which were probably intended for burial. Comes from the Greek word -LITHOS: stone, -MEGAS: big.
Megaliths
3 types of Megaliths
Menhir
Dolmens
Cromlech
Huge stone standing vertically on the ground, usually standing in the middle of the field arranged in rows.
Menhir
Form of a table consisting of 2 huge stones/ standing stones supporting a horizontal giant stone. Serve as a Grave or an Altar
Dolmens
Circle of standing stones. From a Brythonic word -CROM: bent or curled, -LLECH: slab or flagstones
Cromlech
Movement of the sun in the sky has a relationship in terms of identifying the change of the seasons which helped the primitives of their rituals snd agriculture’s practices
Stonehench
Developed during predynastic period 4,000 BC.
Egyptian Architecture
A massive stone or brick structure with a square base and four slopping triangular sides that meet at a point at the top.
Pyramids
3 pyramids are the?
Funerary
Base covers 5.3 hectares. Each side of the base is about 230 meters long. Height 147 meters.
King Khufu’s Pyramid
Base 230 meters long. 144 meters in height.
King Khafa’s Pyramid
Base 230 meters long. 66 meters in height
King Menkaura’s Pyramid
A central shrine or room in an aisle surrounded by rooms and columns.
Temple
First and simplest of the Greek orders. Massive and short. Has no base
Doric
Large square block at the top
Abacus
A pair of spirals or large volutes at the top of the column. Base is round.
Ionic
Most slender and the tallest of all columns. Has a base and 2 rows of vertical acanthus leaves at the top of the column. Symbolizes a feminine design
NS Corinthians
Paintings found inside the cave. It is there way of communicating each other. Also for religious and ceremonial purposes.
Paintings from Pre-Historic Eras
Discovered on September 12, 1940. Paintings has nearly 2,000 figures composed mainly of animals, human figures and abstract designs.
Cave of Lascaux
To make the deceased afterlife pleasant. Journey to the underworld.
Painting from Anchient Egypt
Painting were:
Highly stylized
Symbolic
Shows profile of an animal or person
Colors that can withstand sunlight without fading. Colors used:
Red
Black
Gold
Green
Gets the lumgs, intestine, stomach, and liver.
Viscera