ARTS Flashcards

(37 cards)

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Developed a form of Architecture based on Megaliths (a big rock)

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Pre - Historic Architecture

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Made of huge stone blocks which were probably intended for burial. Comes from the Greek word -LITHOS: stone, -MEGAS: big.

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Megaliths

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3 types of Megaliths

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Menhir
Dolmens
Cromlech

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Huge stone standing vertically on the ground, usually standing in the middle of the field arranged in rows.

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Menhir

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5
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Form of a table consisting of 2 huge stones/ standing stones supporting a horizontal giant stone. Serve as a Grave or an Altar

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Dolmens

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Circle of standing stones. From a Brythonic word -CROM: bent or curled, -LLECH: slab or flagstones

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Cromlech

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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

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Stonehench

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Developed during predynastic period 4,000 BC.

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Egyptian Architecture

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A massive stone or brick structure with a square base and four slopping triangular sides that meet at a point at the top.

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Pyramids

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3 pyramids are the?

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Funerary

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Base covers 5.3 hectares. Each side of the base is about 230 meters long. Height 147 meters.

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King Khufu’s Pyramid

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Base 230 meters long. 144 meters in height.

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King Khafa’s Pyramid

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13
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Base 230 meters long. 66 meters in height

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King Menkaura’s Pyramid

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14
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A central shrine or room in an aisle surrounded by rooms and columns.

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Temple

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First and simplest of the Greek orders. Massive and short. Has no base

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Doric

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Large square block at the top

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A pair of spirals or large volutes at the top of the column. Base is round.

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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

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NS Corinthians

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Paintings found inside the cave. It is there way of communicating each other. Also for religious and ceremonial purposes.

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Paintings from Pre-Historic Eras

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Discovered on September 12, 1940. Paintings has nearly 2,000 figures composed mainly of animals, human figures and abstract designs.

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Cave of Lascaux

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To make the deceased afterlife pleasant. Journey to the underworld.

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Painting from Anchient Egypt

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Painting were:

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Highly stylized
Symbolic
Shows profile of an animal or person

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Colors that can withstand sunlight without fading. Colors used:

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Red
Black
Gold
Green

24
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Gets the lumgs, intestine, stomach, and liver.

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Jackal / dog Baboom / monkey Falcon / bird Human
Stomach Lungs Intestine Liver
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Commonly found in vase, panels and tombs. Depicts s natural figure with dynamic compositions.
Paintings from the Greek Eras
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Subjects are:
Battle scene Mythological figures Everyday scenes
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Methods of Greek Painting
Fresco and Encaustic
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Water based pigments on a freshly applied plaster usually on the wall surfaces
Fresco
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Developed by Greek ship builders, used hot wax to fill the crackd of the ship
Encaustic
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Vase paintings
Kerch Style Pelike Lekonis Lebes Gamikos Krater
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Wine container
Pelike
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A bowl with two horizontal handles and a low broad foot
Lekonis
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With a high handles and lid used to carry bridsl bath
Lebes Gamikos
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Bowl use for mixing wine and water
Krater
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Paintings on the flat pannels of the wood. Can be either small single piece or several pannels joined together.
Pannel Paintings
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Uses the method of fresco. Depicts a sinopsosium scene on the wall
Tomb of Wall Painting