ARPL 2
Senenmut
"Architect" of the mortuary temple of queen Hatshepsut
high, inclined, slightly trapezoid shaped wall with a large central entrance guarding a sacred precinct. Often accented by obelisks.
Pylon
Hatshepsut's mortuary temple, Abu Simble
Rock-Cut Architecture: examples
allowed the greeks to become a thalassocracy which was a maritime power (making them prominent in trade)
What was the role of the Aegean sea in the formation of these civilizations?
Etruscans- Italy Ionians- Greece Urartu- Armenia Indus- India ----> Not sure about this one Nubians- Sudan Mauryans- India
What were the main "iron centers" in the world
Socrates call the Greeks because they lived on islands
Why were they referred to as "frogs" and by whom?
combination of great building tradition... temple of Hera. The columns weren't straight making an optical illusion... part of a bigger complex
architectural elements of parthenon
Egyptian word for pylon. Implies vigilance, functions as billboard.
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Indus Valley Caral Mesopotamia Minoan
civilizations prominent during Bronze Age
Ioanians Uratu Nubians Mauryans
civilizations prominent during Iron Age
columns not free standing, rather engaged to walls, first monumental columns
clerestory
Composition of the rock-cut tomb: Entrance, processional way (axis), mortuary temple, and ancillary temples 3 terraces: 1-trees and gardens 2-connects the chapel of Hathor and another on the other side 3-hypostyle hall
describe the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Stood on an earlier cult site Enclosure measuring 500 m per side Center : Temple of Amun-Re Two entrances - one from the Nile and the other from Luxor dedicated to the divine triad: Amun, his wife Mut and Mut's son Khonsu
describe the Temple Complex of Karnak
know it (look at image)
elements of Doric order
1) Paleolithic period (10,000BCE- Agr. Rev) 2) Neolithic/Stone Age(10,000-3,000BCE) 3) Bronze Age (3,000-1,000 BCE) 4) Iron Age (1,000BCE)
list in order the different eras with dates and examples (timeline)
a/b=(a+b)/a
mathematical influence of parthenon equation
Ahmose I (1567-1542)
most prominent dynasty during New Kingdom EGYPT
Free standing column cut by one piece of rock, represented power of the pharaohs.
obelisk
Crete, btw Europe and East. Made it very wealth/good for trade.
the palace of Minos: where was it located, why did it earn the nickname "labyrinth"?
the parthenon columns are corinthian
type of column used on parthenon
octistyle Perpteral temple with hexastyle portico
what is the parthenon style
stone tools
what made civilizations prominent during Neolithic/stoneage
pinnacle of egyptian rock-cut temples
what was Abu Simble
She tried to look as superior and supreme as her male predecessors seen through her statues that have a beard
what was Hatshepsuts goal as Pharaoh
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
what was the temple made in Hatshepsuts honor
South of Cairo it was on the brink of being flooded by a dam created by the egyptian gov't in the 60s. Solution: move it to higher ground
where is Abu Simble and explain movement
modern day Iran
where is Persepolis
Ramses II, the last great warrior pharaoh
who was Abu Simble built for
daughter of Thutmose I who had a mortuary temple built in her honor
who was Hatshepsut?
It made them prosper. Allowed for better weapons: axe, better tools: better ploughs, more sophisticated buildings, hammer, chisel,
How did iron help adavnce many civilizations